Kaelyne Munene defeated Siqian Yu in a play off to win the Junior Golf Foundation (JGF) US Kids Local tour played at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club.
Competing in the girls’ 11-12 years, Munene and Yu tied on 82 points and went into the playoff that was won by Munene. Hope Oduor was impressive in finishing 3rd in the category in one of her best performances in the Local Tour.
Shuhan Peng won the boys 12 years title 79 points followed by Jeff Kivi who finished one stroke behind with 80 points as Plash Tank finished 3rd with 87 points.
“It felt nice to win because this is my best course, I prefer playing here. It was really nice because I just tried to put my balls in the fairway. I want to do well because my target is to play at the world championships,” explained Shuhan.
After winning the last three legs, Yolanda Yu was finally knocked off the top position in the girls’ 13-14 years category. Amani Murithi was impressive as she won the category with 84 points, just one stroke better than Yolanda Yu who finished second with 85 points. Lael Mwangale was a distant third with 87 points.
“This is my home club (royal) and I usually play well here. But I mostly play at Vet Lab. Today we started from hole ten which was good for me because I find it the hardest. And I played better on that side considering I haven’t played this week at all. I want to improve and keep my scores at maybe 80-85 for the rest of the season,” said Amani.
Guanzhe Wang played six over par 78 to win the boys 11 years category ahead of Nathan Kiarie who had 84 points. Xia Yu finished third with a score of 99.
After the first four legs in Limuru Country Club, Vet Lab Sports Club, Thika Sports Club, and Royal Nairobi Golf Club, October will be a busy month for the JGF Local Tour with the fifth, sixth and seventh legs at the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, Sigona Golf Club, and Windsor again. Muthaiga Golf Club will host the Tour Championship on 3rd November.