The team of Jiten Pabari, Amrish Patel, Ramesh Karia, and Prashant Thakrar claimed the overall team victory in the 15th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at Nyanza Golf Club on Saturday, with a combined score of 115 points.
The team of Griffins Owino, Joyce Osike, Tabitha Ojwang, and Christine Riaroh, who won the tour’s overall title last year, finished in second place with 111 points in a tournament that featured 130 top amateur golfers from across the country.
After their win, Pabari expressed their anticipation for the upcoming finale in Nairobi.
“I am a golfer here at Nyanza Golf Club and I have played golf for 35 years. We are excited to win and we are happy to represent Nyanza at the Nairobi finals. We were quite relaxed today and decided to play our natural golf.
“We were motivated, that is why we emerged victorious. We will start preparing well in advance for the grand finale and we look forward to winning again because this club requires enormous support,” said Pabari.
Joyce Osike, an ardent golfer, was on her best form returning 41 stableford points to be crowned the overall winner of the day.
Amrish Patel on the other hand was the man winner after returning 39 points.
In the ladies’ category that was closely contested, Elizabeth Akinyi was named the winner with 40 points – demonstrating her skills and hard work at the par 70 Nyanza course.
“Currently, through the series, we have reached 1500 participants and over 1000 juniors. Our aim is to interact with 3000 golfers across the East African region – Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda. We aim to make the sport accessible to all and elevate it to an elite level,” noted KCB Bank Kenya Director of Corporate Banking John Okulo.
