Four Kenyan professional women golfers will be flying the Kenyan flag at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open with a field of 108 golfers in the PGA tournament.
Agnes Nyakio, Mercy Nyanchama, Margaret Njoki and Nyali-based Bhavi Shah will be chasing the title that tees off at Vipingo Ridge on 5-8 December 2019.
An impressive 28 different countries are being represented during this inaugural Ladies European Tour (LET) event, including many in Africa.
Hosts Vipingo Ridge, will be partnering with title sponsor Magical Kenya and presenting partner MPesa, are delighted to welcome ten players from across the continent, including four from Kenya, to compete on this notoriously challenging course in view of the Indian Ocean.
Georgia Iziemgbe Oboh from Nigeria who represented her country at the Youth Olympics in 2018, up-and-coming Swaziland player Nobuhle Dlamini, Stacy Lee Bregman and Lejan Lewthwaite from South Africa, Maha Haddioui from Morocco as well as American Lakareber Abe, born from Ugandan parents, are all getting ready to travel to Kenya to participate in the LET 2019 Season finale.
The Pro-Am on Wednesday 4th December will see Kenya’s amateur golfers take to the course, teaming up with the professionals to compete against one another in a friendly game before the main event.