Eldoret Club course hosts fifth leg of ‘Nation’ Circuit

Dismas Indiza at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club on July 8, 2014. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • At stake for pros in the Nation Media Group-sponsored event will be a total prize of Sh200,000, with the winner taking home Sh40,000.
  • The Nation Golf Circuit has so far visited Nyanza, Nyeri, Nakuru, and Nyali Golf and Country Club Mombasa.

Golf action for Kenya’s professionals continues this weekend as the pros head to Eldoret in the North Rift region for the fifth leg of the 2014 Nation Golf Circuit.

At least 26 of them were drawn to join and big amateur field of 120 players at the nine-hole Eldoret Club.

Leading the challenge will be long-hitting Dismas Indiza who last weekend shot rounds of 70, 70, 68 and 73 to win the KCB title by five shots from second-placed Nicholas Rokoine. Others expected to challenge Indiza who is Kenya’s most successful pro, include Royal Nairobi’s David Wakhu, Nakuru’s Richard Ainley and Vet Lab’s Brian Njoroge.

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At stake for pros in the Nation Media Group-sponsored event will be a total prize of Sh200,000, with the winner taking home Sh40,000.

Amateurs drawn from Nandi Bears, Kitale and hosts Eldoret will fight it out for 14 prizes.

The Nation Golf Circuit has so far visited Nyanza, Nyeri, Nakuru, and Nyali Golf and Country Club Mombasa.

Back in Nairobi, Kenya Air Force Golf Club in Eastleigh will host the fourth leg of the Well Out Tours and Golf Safaris.

A field of 120 has been drawn for the event. Well Out Tours has had events so far in Naivasha, Arusha Gymkhana in Tanzania and Machakos.

Isaac Chege, the Well Out chairman, has said Well Out Tours is a membership-based golfers company that has gained the support of many golfers in recent days owing to the dynamism and flexibility of its golf event management. “The company plans to sponsor more games in Nyeri, Eldoret, Kisumu and Mombasa before end of the year to promote a broader Well-Out support and experience,’’ said Chege.

At the same time, Muthaiga will host the second leg of the 2014/2015 series which has attracted over 200 golfers.

The ladies will, meanwhile, be at Kiambu Golf Club for the annual Craig Bowl where 140 players will battle it out for the Bowl.

This year’s event has been sponsored by CIC Insurance Group. Among the players drawn at Kiambu include Kenya’s top female golfer Naomi Wafula from the Rose Naliaka Academy.