Hamisi Hassan led John Ngugi, Dickson Kingi and Joseph Muhingo to card a combined score of 138 points to be crowned the overall winner of the second leg of the Johnnie Walker Golf Series held on Saturday at the Thika Greens Golf Resort.
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Coming in second was the team comprising Collins Okun, William Musili, B Tororei and Jasan Ngatia who managed a combined score of 131 points, one more ahead of the team of Brian Masika, Bernard K Macharia, Samson Mureithi and Dominic Chege who combined for a score of 130 points to claim the second runners-up position.
Meanwhile, handicap 20 Samson Mureithi carded 41 points to emerge the winner in the Men’s Category A, beating handicap 14 Munge Karoki who also posted 41 points to claim second position in the category. Claiming top position in the Men’s Category B was Dickson Kingi playing off handicap 33 who posted 47 points.
In the Ladies Category A, Betty Mutua, playing off handicap 22 posted 33 points to claim the top honours ahead of Esther Mworia playing off handicap 29 who scored 33 points to emerge second. In Category B, Margret Warugongo (handicap 38) scored 45 points to emerge the winner.
In the Nines, handicap 2 Christopher Andrea and Patrick Theche (handicap 11) were the star players with 22 points each in the first and second nines respectively.
In the Longest Drive challenge, Malcolm Wilson and Margret Warugongo emerged respective winners in the Men’s and Ladies’ categories.
The Thika Greens Golf Resort event attracted 165 players, who played in the tournament’s stableford, four-ball format. The top three winning teams now becomes the latest to join the list of teams to play in the next round of the Series – Eagles Round, as they aim to make the cut to play in the Grand Finale where a fully paid-up trip to the iconic Gleneagles Golf Course in Scotland will be up for grabs.
The Thika Greens Golf Resort Captain, Ndiga Kithae, thanked the brand for bringing the series to the course this year, and applauded the members that came out to compete for coming out in numbers despite poor weather on Saturday morning.
Commenting on the tournament, Kenya Breweries Limited Senior Brand Manager Josephine Katambo said that the brewer was happy with the momentum that the series was gathering, noting that a lot of players turned up, despite poor weather conditions witnessed on the morning of the second leg.
“It really was the embodiment of what the brand represents. Seeing a difficult situation, and thriving despite it. That is what happened today. The weather in the morning was terrible, but the players kept walking – they turned up and played some great golf today,” said Katambo.
Johnnie Walker continues to build on the association with the sport of golf in the country, with the brand’s latest sponsored golf series providing amateur as well as professional golfers across the country with an opportunity to hone their skills in local competition against each other.
Katambo further noted that the event was also part of KBL’s long-term strategy to continue engaging with its customers through sports. “Johnnie Walker has been and continues to be a champion of golf because it allows us to connect with our customers in a new way. From the Johnnie Walker Golf series, to the Safari Tour and the Magical Kenya Open, Johnnie Walker is always present where there is golf.
Following the Thika Greens event, attention now turns to Windsor Resort and Golf Club for the third leg of the series dubbed ‘Road to Gleneagles.’