Kellie Gachaga will be the only lady at the Nanyuki Open the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (KAGC) at par 72 Nanyuki Sports Club this weekend that tees off tomorrow, Friday to Sunday.
After finishing third at the Diani Beach Masters championships, the Karen Country Club’s player will be hoping to build on her performance at the coast ahead of Nanyuki.
But she will be facing off with Diani Beach Masters’ Alex Mwangi who will be hoping to make it two wins in a row in the KAGC Series victory this weekend when he takes to the course for the.
The Windsor Golf Hotel & Country Club player picked his maiden win in the series last weekend during the Diani Beach Masters at Diamond Leisure Beach & Golf Resort, carding 2-over-par 218, with rounds of 76, 71 and 71 to finish three shots ahead of Eugene Wafula, who placed second on 5-over-par 221.
66 golfers are expected to tee off in Nanyuki with ranking points and a share of KES 500,000 up for grabs.
Mwangi will face stiff competition from Wafula, Golf Park’s Josphat Rono who won the Malindi Open ‘Vasco da Gama Cup’ two weeks ago as Mwangi finished second, Nakuru Golf Club’s John Kamais, among others.
Despite not featuring recently, Jay Sandhu remains at the top of the 2026 KAGC standings with 1,535 points, followed by John Kamais on 1,117. Muigua is third on 960 points, with Adel Taufiq Balala fourth on 814. Following his second-place finish in Diani, Wafula leap-frogged Rono to fifth place with 695.16 points.