Sabo Kalsi won the first leg of KCB “Road to the Masters’’ series at Par 72 Sigona Golf Club.
Teeing off handicap 20, Kalse fired an impressive 41 points made up of 21 points in the first nine and 20 at the back nine in the tournament that attracted a field of 204 golfers.
In winning the opening round, Kalsi leads the first batch of six qualifiers to the two day KCB Karen Masters Pro-Am events slated for 25th-26th of June 2019.
Other qualifiers from Sigona were men winner Ishwar Aldasani (H24), guest winner Lee Mungai (H22), staff winner Ogola Azu (H26) who is also the KCB Bank Kenya HR Business partner and lady winner Milka Mburu playing off handicap 26.
The sixth qualifier from the Club was Jolly Esmail who becomes the first player in this year’s series to win the wildcard. The wildcard slot was decided from a lucky dip conducted on all the score cards returned by the playing field.
The KCB Karen Masters will be held after the two Pro-Ams from the 27th- 30th of June 2019.
KCB Bank Kenya Unit Head-Public Sector Mr. Musa Mohammed lauded the golfers for the huge turnout adding that: “KCB is committed towards the development of golf in the region. We wish all the qualifiers all the best in the Pro-Am of the KCB Karen Masters’ tournament later in the year.”
The next round of the Road to the Masters heads the Nyali Golf and Country Club on March 30.
The Nyali tour will feature professional players who will compete for a prize fund of Ksh 2million for the next four legs.