Indiza, Wakhu, Opati joint leaders in KCB Tour tourney
David Opati chips the ball from the 12th hole bunker on during a past tourney. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO | FILE |
What you need to know:
- Round two leader David Wakhu of Royal, long-hitting Dismas Indiza of Mumias and Windsor’s David Opati will be off in the same team in hunt for the top prize of Sh192,000.
- The Windsor-based Opati was however more confidence of winning despite his one over par 74 for 213.
Three players tied at the top with six under par total going into Saturday’s final round of the 2015 KCB Golf Tour fourth leg at the hilly Nakuru Golf Club course on Friday.
Round two leader David Wakhu of Royal, long-hitting Dismas Indiza of Mumias and Windsor’s David Opati will be off in the same team in hunt for the top prize of Sh192,000.
Wakhu made an awful start, firing five over at the front nine that include a seven at the par four-seventh, having also dropped shots at the third, fourth, and sixth.
“The slow pace affected my concentration today as we played four ball rather the usual three ball, but there is still one more round to be played tomorrow,’’ said Wakhu, who birdied the ninth and the 11thm 13th, and 18th for three over par 76 to drop to six under par 213.
The big hitter Indiza had the best round of three under par 70 out of the three, a round which included birdies at the fifth, ninth, 14th, 16th and 18th but against bogeys over the second, fourth, seventh, and 17th holes.
“The pin at the second was just at the front and made me drop a shot again today at the same time some greens were fast others slow but I believe I still have a good chance in tomorrow’s round," said Indiza.
The Windsor-based Opati was however more confidence of winning despite his one over par 74 for 213.
“I am very happy particularly with my iron game as well as putting even though I dropped shots which I should not have dropped," said Opati who birdied the third, 13th, 14th, and 16th though a double bogey at the seventh and two single bogeys at the last two holes of the opening nine and the par three-17th denied him an under par finish for the day.
Two shots behind the joint leaders was Eldoret’s Boniface Simwa who shot one under 72 for 215. Still in with a chance also was Nyanza’s David Odhiambo who shot 75 for 216.
The leaderboard;
213 David Wakhu 69, 68, 76
213 David Opati 73, 66, 74
213 Dismas Indiza 69, 74, 70
215 Boniface Simwa 74, 69, 72
216 David Odhiambo 72, 69, 75
223 Simon Ngige 75, 77, 71
224 Sullivan Muthugia 71, 73, 80
