May 8, 2024

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Greg Snow notches second Savannah Tour Victory at Vetlab

Greg Snow made it two victories in three attempts on the Savannah Tour after carding four under par 68 today to outclass a field of 51 pro and elite amateur golfers. Snow dropped only one shot on the par-3 no.4 to beat the chasing pack of three players by one shot in the hotly contested […]

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Team Kenya in slow start at All-Africa Junior Golf Championship

The Kenya Boys team finished fourth on the opening day of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge at the Palm Hills Golf Course in Cairo after the quartet led by Njoroge Kibugu carded a combined +23 score to stay 26 shots behind leaders South Africa. Team Captain Kibugu led from the front with a respectable four […]

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Can Kenya’s junior golfers stop South Africa’s dominance at the All-Africa Championship?

The South Africa boys team has won the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge for a record 21 consecutive years while the girls have won the last four editions back-to-back.  And now an ambitious Team Kenya jets out tomorrow to Cairo to stop this dominance as the continent’s top junior golfers congregate at Palm Hills Golf Course […]

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Greg Snow wins’ three-way play-off to clinch Savannah Tour second leg prize

Greg Snow won the second leg of the 18-hole Savannah Tour after prevailing in a nail-biting three-way play-off at Limuru Country Club today. It took three holes to separate Snow from Erick Ooko and amateur Mike Karanga after the trio had finished on two under 70 in regulation time. After tying on par in the […]

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Mike Karanga stops Jay Sandhu at Muthaiga for first season win

Michael Karanga was forced to dig deep with a brilliant 0ne under 70 round today to win the Muthaiga Open, ending a six-month trophy drought. The Kiambu Club player carded two over 215 gross in the 54-hole Kenya Amateur Golf Championship series event to finish two shots ahead of red-hot Jay Sandhu. Karanga who has […]

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Njoroge Kibugu joins the fray as Jay Sandhu goes for hat-trick at Muthaiga Open amateur series

Two weeks after hogging the limelight at Magical Kenya Open, teenage star Njoroge Kibugu returns to Muthaiga tomorrow for his maiden appearance at the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship. Kibugu will fight it out for the Muthaiga Open title alongside Mike Karanga, John Lejirma and Dennis Maara in the 54-hole shootout as players dash for early […]

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Patrick Obath: Why local pros failed the Magical Kenya Open test

Magical Kenya Open Tournament Director Patrick Obath was very optimistic in the run-up to this year’s showpiece. Having organized eight relatively successful Safari Tour events to prepare the local players for the stern Euro Tour tournament, Obath was expectant.   Alas it was not to be! In a postmortem of the event, Obath points out three […]

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Mudanyi wins inaugural Savannah Tour event as local pros return to action

Edwin Mudanyi is the winner of the inaugural Savannah Tour golf tournament that was played today at Muthaiga Golf Club. Mudanyi carded a round of 4-under par 67 to beat a strong field that comprised 35 pros and 15 top amateurs. The Vetlab player birdied the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth holes but dropped shots […]

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Veteran Jay Sandhu stretches amateur series lead with Windsor Classic victory

Former Kenya number one amateur player Jay Sandhu boosted his chances of winning this year’s Kenya Amateur Golf Championship with a commanding win at the Windsor Classic. Sandhu led from start to finish at the 54-hole event for a gross score of 219, three shots better than Rwanda’s Celestine Nzanzuwera. “My game is in very […]

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Corporate series hot up as golfers scramble for grand prizes

The third leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour will take place at the Muthaiga Golf Club this weekend. The tournament has attracted over 200 amateur and professional golfers who will be taking part in the 18-hole, corporate tournament on Saturday with over 100 junior golfers set to grace the course on Sunday. The Junior Golf […]

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