GOLF NEWS-Phyllis Kisuna Fires Team to Glory at the KCB East Africa Golf Tour in Kitale;

-And grabs a slot for team to the grand finale in November at Karen;
BRIAN JAYSINS-OXYGEN PR;
The team of Phylis Kisuna, J. Jesang, J. Cheruiyot and J. Kisuna returned a combined score of 157 points to emerge as the overall team winners of the 13th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at the Par 73 Kitale Golf Club Course, off the main Kitale-Eldoret Highway around Kitale Town in Trans-Nzoia County on Saturday.
“When I woke up today, I prayed for the tournament and the sponsors. I feel proud to be part of this winning team and we cannot wait to represent Kitale Golf Club in the grand finale. Now, it is time to work even harder and prepare for the competition that will bring together the best golfers in the country, “said Kisuna on behalf of the team.

They beat their closest challengers N. Shah, P. Kusimba, M. Wekhomba and A. Kidiavai who returned a combined score of 147 points to settle for the second position at the golf tourney that fielded over 100 players.
Following their triumph, the two teams join 11 other teams that have booked a slot in the Pro-Am grand finale event set for November 24th at the Karen Country Club in Nairobi.

Experienced golfer Edwin Ruto carded 44 stable ford points to be crowned the overall winner while his counterpart Michael Chege returned 43 points to clinch the men’s winner award.
In the lady’s category, Everlyn Cherop carded an excellent score of 43 stable ford points to be named the lady winner of the day after her valiant display at the lush 18-hole course.

Philip Shiharsy won the longest drive award in the men’s category while Sarah Otolo clinched it in the ladies’ category and Ken Matonya scooped the nearest to the pin award.
Scola Onsongo bagged the staff winner award after carding 34 stable ford points and Lazarus Kemei won the guest winner award with 35 stable ford points.
The KCB East Africa Golf Tour action will head to Machakos Golf Club on October 7th for its 14th leg as the grand finale edges closer.
Kitale Club was established in 1924 by the European settlers and was strictly patronized by white settlers and no other race was allowed.
This was just a small building and the man who was very actively involved was Colonel Swain of the British Army.
After Kenya acquired independence from the British, Africans started taking up membership at Kitale Club.
Today, the Club is multiracial and all races intermingle freely in a friendly atmosphere and has an 18-hole course, well lawned and expensive sitting on served acres of land whose design is of high quality.
The set up achieves ecological enhancement and blends well with the evergreen surrounding of indigenous forest as well as exotic.
Replaced forest consisting of pine, cypress, jacaranda and eucalyptus trees which blends well with the indigenous tress and enhance a serene microclimate.
The grass on the golf course include Bermuda, spropolus, anastida, congo signals and others all of which are well manicured while the aforesaid flora is inhabited by the colobus monkeys and other species of different species of birds.
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