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Karanga set to defend Vasco Da Gama title in Malindi

After taking the lead at the Kenya Amateur Golf Championships (KAGC) series with title defence at Railways Invitation last weekend, Michael Karanga will headline the Malindi Open tournament this weekend.

Karanga, who won the tournament last year, will be hoping to defend the title dubbed the Vasco Da Gama Cup that starts on Friday September 20th to 22nd at the par 71 Malindi Golf and Country Club Course in Kilifi County.

The three-day 54-hole stroke play Championship has drawn the Amateurs from across the Country where the players will play in the first two rounds after which the top 33 and ties will make the cut to the final round to be played on Sunday.

Among the top contenders are Kenya’s number one golfer and also the defending champion for the event- John Lejirma from Railway Golf Club and William Odek from Nyali Golf Club.

The total prize money for the tournament is five hundred and twenty thousand Kenyan shillings (Ksh 520,000), with the winner set to take home one hundred thirty thousand Kenyan shillings (Ksh 130,000).

Additionally, this event will count towards the World Amateur Ranking Golf (WARG), adding further significance to this exciting tournament.

The event follows the 2024 Nyanza Open ‘Hippo Pot’ tournament held 6th – 8th September at the Nyanza Golf Club that was claimed by John Kamais of Nakuru Golf Club.

In the gripping three-day tournament, Kamais dethroned defending champion and national team captain John Lejirma of Kenya Railways Golf Club

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