Kenya back to drawing board as SA retain title

What you need to know:

  • The mighty South Africans once again proved their supremacy by clinching the Africa title for the ninth year in a row as Kenya finished eighth on Friday.
  • It was a well deserved victory for South Africa as all their four players produced under par scores for a total of eight under par 209.

IN VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE

Kenyan amateur golfers return home this week, ready for a serious post-mortem following their below par performance at the Africa Amateur Golf Team Championship at the par 72 Elephant Hills Golf Course in Zimbabwe.

The mighty South Africans once again proved their supremacy by clinching the Africa title for the ninth year in a row as Kenya finished eighth on Friday.

It was a well deserved victory for South Africa as all their four players produced under par scores for a total of eight under par 209.

Leading the team was Malcolm Mitchell who shot four under par 68 to also claim the individual title on 12 under par 276,  while Gerrick Higgo posted two under par 70 with Durban based Clayton Mansfield and Matt Suelez firing one under par 71 each a grand total of 845, beating hosts Zimbabwe by a big margin of 30 shots.

“We played well, all of us, throughout the week even though we had some few bad rounds. I like this course, it has a nice layout,” said Mansfield.

For Kenya, the eighth position with a total of 914 was its worst ever performance in recent years having finished second to South Africa in 2015 at Limuru Country Club.

AMBASSADOR'S DINNER

“We definitely did not perform the way we expected for various reasons, one of which was poor management of the game by some of the players,” said team coach John Liefland.

However, team captain Alfred Nandwa, who finished eighth overall out of the 60 players in the individual category, blamed the heat.

Meanwhile, the team was hosted to dinner by Kenya’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Lucy Chelimo on Thursday evening at the famous Boma Restaurant.