Kenyan golfers under the umbrella of Professional Golfers of Kenya (GPK) have laid down the foundation to compete at the 2028 Olympic games that will be held in Los Angeles, USA.
GPK have set their ambitions to develop programs that will connect the pros for world ranking events to qualify for Olympics and the introduction of Equator Golf Series that will traverse the country to enable adequate play time.
Dubbed “Road to Olympics 2028” program, PGK Chairman CJ Wangai highlighted that new opportunities are on the horizon for the pros to realize their Olympic dream while also earning a decent living by and large.
For Olympic golf qualification, Wangai explained that players generally need to be ranked highly on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
The top 15 players in the world rankings are eligible, with a limit of four players per country.
“Today we have had the launch of the Road To Olympics 2028, which is a development program as a players tour. So, corporates have come in together and put in money for the Pros of Kenya, whereby they will be able to go through an intensive player development program that will involve fitness, club fitting, swing simulator. Over and above that, there will be a new tour called the Equator Tour which will run throughout the country for 11 events,” said Wangai.
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