Daniel Gavins shot a magnificent seven under 64 round to take the early lead at the Magical Kenya Open 2022 at the Muthaiga Golf Club. The 30-year-old Englishman birdied five holes on the front nine for a decent 31 on the turn and followed it up with four birdies on the back nine. Two dropped […]
The Magical Kenya Open has a peculiar history…only one player has succeeded in defending the title in the tournament’s 52-year history. In fact, the event has had 50 different winners! This is the puzzling statistic defending champion South African Justin Harding will confront as he tees it up at Muthaiga Golf Club this week. Maurice […]
Absa Bank Kenya today announced sponsorship for four local pros who qualified for the upcoming Magical Kenya Open. The four- Simon Ngige, David Wakhu, Mohit Mediratta and Daniel Nduva- will get an initial Kshs 200,000 for tournament logistics which will be enhanced through a performance-based bonus scheme during the event. Under the sponsorship, the four […]
The stage is set for the Magical Kenya Open 2022 with a strong field featuring 19 of the top-50 ranked players on the DP World Tour, formerly Euro Tour, expected at Muthaiga Golf Club next week. The highest ranked player in the field is India’s Sharma Shubhankar who’s currently second on the DP World Tour […]
Zimbabwean Robson Chinhoi had a highly successful Safari Tour season 2021/22 winning more than Kshs 1.65 million in the seven Safari Tour events held in Kenya. Despite finishing second in the Tour Order of Merit, Chinhoi’s 12% claim of the Kshs 14 million prize purse saw him outperform his arch rival Dismas Indiza who made […]
Joaquin Niemann cemented his lead atop the Genesis Invitational as several star players led by former world no. 1 Dustin Johnson missed the cut in a low scoring second round. Niemann shot a consecutive 63 round to go two shots clear of rookie Cameron Young who moved into second after the day’s best round of […]
More elite European Tour professional players are expected at this year’s Magical Kenya Open following the increased prize purse. Tournament Director Patrick Obath disclosed today that there was heightened interest from elite European Tour players in the run up to yesterday’s deadline of receiving entries. Among the players that have confirmed participation so far include […]
Absa Bank Kenya today released Ksh56 million to become the official Presenting Partner of the Magical Kenya Open (MKO) golf tournament in 2022. This is the 11th year that Absa Bank is sponsoring the international tournament, which is part of the European Tour now called the DP World Tour. Speaking during the sponsorship cheque handover […]
Rory McIlroy will return to PGA Tour action tonight where he will face a strong field at The Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, California. The former world no.1 and four-time major winner has been playing on the European Tour in the last month where he failed to win in his last […]
Zimbabwe’s Robson Chinhoi eagled the par-5 number 18 at Muthaiga to complete a wire-to-wire performance as he bagged his fourth win on the Safari Tour this season. Chinhoi carded two under par 69 in a tense final round that was brought to life in the last four holes to beat Daniel Nduva by four strokes […]
