Elijah Simba, Christopher Maoto, Christine Nyangena, and Venus Taabu became the latest entrants into the NCBA Golf Series Grand Finale after dominating the Kisii Monthly Mug held yesterday at the Kisii Sports Club.
With Grand Finale set for November 29 at the Muthaiga Golf Club, the quartet qualified after victories to join the rest in the leg that was hosted at the Great Rift Valley Lodge.
Simba returned an impressive score of 68 Nett playing off handicap 21 to emerge the overall winner ahead of Zack Bichoge (Handicap 8) who scored 72 Nett.
Speaking after the event, Simba attributed his victory to his competitive four-ball which pushed him to do better.
“I want to thank the sponsors for the day, NCBA, for partnering with Kisii Sports Club to make this event a reality. I found myself with two guys who happen to be seniors in golf here and they were giving me a lot of pressure. That was the former captain and the former chairman, which pushed me a lot,” he said.
Playing off handicap 8, Maoto also carded 74 Nett to be crowned the men’s winner while handicap 26 Nyangena claimed the lady’s prize with 72 Nett points.
Taabu carded 66 points playing off handicap 44 to win the junior category as Ben Kalya emerged as the guest winner.
Apart from emerging as the lady winner, Nyangena also had the longest drive among the ladies while Nicholas Odhiambo did so for the men as Ochieng Abekah got the nearest to the pin.
The four golfers joined over 100 other golfers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda who already had booked their slots for the Muthaiga event from the previous events held throughout the year.
One more regional qualifying tournament is set to take place in Tanzania next weekend on November 24th at the Kili Golf Club to determine the final team that will book a slot for the season finale