Kenyan golfers dropped to 9th position on day two of Africa Amateur Golf tournament in Zimbabwe’s par 72 Elephant Hills Golf Course today.
The national team posted a poor 232 in the second round of the Bank Africa sponsored tournament as defending champions South Africa took a commanding lead with 19 shots.
Captain Alfred Nandwa of Kenya Railways was on top form firing one over par 73, dropping two shots on the opening of one under 71 and dropped to fifth in the individual category.
Kenya Amateur Golf Championships series leader John Karichu from Limuru club fired five over par 77 an improvement from day one by a two shots before Vetlab’s Edwin Mudanyi, who lost a ball on the first and fifth holes, produced a poor 82 with youngster Kibugu Mutahi posting 83, a three shots improvement from his first round’s 86.
This saw the team drop to ninth position with a team aggregate of 456 after two rounds.
Kenyan performance
Alfred Nandwa 71+73=144
John Karichu 79+77=156
Edwin Mudanyi 74+82=156
Mutahi Kibugu 86+83=169
THE LEADERBOARD
South Africa 211 +209= 420
Egypt 219+220= 439
Zimbabwe 225+215= 440
Reunion 222+221= 443
Swaziland 226+220= 446
Mauritius 230+223= 453
Tunisia 229+225= 454
Zambia 226+229=455
Kenya, 224+232= 456
Uganda 236+225= 461