Kubwa rules the roost during Johnnie Walker golf series
Jeff Kubwa follows his chip during a past event. He emerged the winner during the Johnnie Walker Golf Series at Muthaiga golf Club on April 24, 2016. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Kubwa parred the first two holes but drove to the rough at the third to miss the greens on regulation.
- A back to back birdie finish saw him in with 19 points at the back nine for 38 points, to beat men winner Gikunda Iracha (19, 19), and second placed Sam Ngaruiya (20, 18) on countback.
- In third place was Henry Njoroge with 37 points while Ben Murimi on 36 was fourth.
- In the ladies section where Mary Wainaina on 33 points beat Mercy Wambugu on countback to take the first prize as Rose Koome on 32 was third.
- Mathu Ng’ang’a claimed the first prize in the guests’ section with 30 points.
National team player Jeff Kubwa produced an impressive 38 points despite scratching and bogeying a hole to emerge the overall winner of the Johnnie Walker Golf series at the par-71 Muthaiga Golf Club course at the weekend.
Playing off plus one handicap, Kubwa parred the first two holes but drove to the rough at the third to miss the greens on regulation. He however birdied the fourth, fifth and the ninth, picked up one more at the par three-11th only to drop a shot at the 12th.
A back to back birdie finish saw him in with 19 points at the back nine for 38 points, to beat men winner Gikunda Iracha (19, 19), and second placed Sam Ngaruiya (20, 18) on countback.
“Apart from the third hole and the bogey at the 12th, my game was very solid,” said Kubwa. In third place was Henry Njoroge with 37 points while Ben Murimi on 36 was fourth.
TAKE FIRST PRIZE
In the ladies section where Mary Wainaina on 33 points beat Mercy Wambugu on countback to take the first prize as Rose Koome on 32 was third. Mathu Ng’ang’a claimed the first prize in the guests’ section with 30 points and Anthony Kuria and Patricia Ngima on 20 points each won the nines.
Elsewhere, Stefan Andersen, the only Kenyan to make cut in this year’s Zambia Open, birdied four holes but against four bogeys for a level par 73 to wind up in 53rd with two over par total. Some 16 players were still on the course.
Sweden’s Christofer Blomstrand fired 10 under par 63, a low round triggered by a first hole birdie followed by eight others and an eagle two at the par four-eighth, for 16 under par and a five-shot club house lead.
