Birdie lover Zubair Khan crowned Moses Tanui Junior champion in Eldoret

Birdie lover Zubair Khan fired 16 over par 229 gross to claim the inaugural Moses Tanui Inter-Regional Junior Golf tournament held on par 71 Eldoret Golf Course.

 As Nakuru based Doris Midena won nett title after carding 218 points and girls dominated the championships with Danny kiptoo of Eldoret coming third.

Khan, who scored the lowest gross, enjoyed the lead in all three rounds of play that started on Thursday morning and concluding today.

In his last round, the Muthaiga based golfer sunk seven over par, the highest gross in his tournament.He started with back to back pars on opening holes one and two par five and three. He bogeyed on four and five par 4, parred on five 3, bogeyed on 4^thpar 4 recovered with pars on double pars on 7 and 8 pars 3 and 4 and ended first nine with a double bogey on nine par five.

In the back nine, the golfer who was part of Team Kenya for the 2018 Victoria Cup title win against Uganda, started on low with bogey on 11^th par 3, parred on 12^th(5), recovered with a birdie on 13^th par 5, parred on 14^th(4) birdied on 15^th par 4, lost on 16^th with a double bogey, parred on 17^th par 4 but ended on high after he birdied on 18^thpar 5.

Earlier on, Khan had fired six par 77 in the first round where he tied with Rishab Sagoo, added three over par on the second round to take the convincing lead to the final round.

He defeated home best junior golfer Sagoo to second with 22 over par 235 as Thika Sports junior player Emanuel Njunguna came third with 23 over par 236 losing to Sagoo with a shot.

Girls dominated nett category with Nakuru’s Doris Midena emerged victorious in the three rounds with a total of 218 points. She managed to card 78 points in the first round, adding73 and 67 in the third round ahead of counterpart Loise Akinyi who carded 219points. She had 75, 71 and 73 in the first, second and third round as Eldoret’sDanny Kiptoo completed the podium with 221 after firing 76, 70 and 75 points.

Leader board after final round (Gross)

1. 229 Zubair Sagoo (Muthaiga)-77, 74, 78
2. 235 Rishab Sagoo (Eldoret)-77, 82, 76
3. 236 Emanuel Njunguna (Thika Sports)-82, 79, 75
4. 243 Ashely Awuor (Nakuru)-87, 76, 80
5. 246 Serah khanyereri (Nakuru)-85, 82, 79

Leader board after final round (Nett)

1. 218 Doris Midena (Nakuru)-78, 73, 67
2. 219 Loise Akinyi (Nakuru)-75, 71, 73
3. 221 Danny Kiptoo (Eldoret)-76, 70, 75
4. 223 Zubair Khan (Muthaiga)-75, 72, 76
5. 223 Rishab Sagoo (Eldoret)-73, 78, 72