No surprise as top-notch Indiza claims Rapid Challenge prize
Mumias Golf Club's Dismas Indiza follows the progress of his tee shot from the 10th hole tee on July 24, 2014 during Professionals Golfers of Kenya, Rapid Masters Golf tournament, at Muthaiga Golf Club. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO
What you need to know:
- He started the back nine well rolling in a birdie at the par five-10th, but three putted the 11th. He however managed to birdie the 13th which cost him a place in the Kenya Open’s money list a few years ago.
- He closed the nine with a birdie at the home green (18th), to take the first prize of Sh70,500 with two shots to spare from Railway’s Njuguna Ngugi who fired one under par 70 in the final round that included four birdies and three bogeys for 213.
As expected, Kenya’s best known professional Dismas Indiza, walked away with the top prize in the inaugural Rapid Challenge tournament at the par 71 Muthaiga Golf Club course Thursday.
Starting the day with a two shots advantage over local pro Nicholas Rokoine, the long hitting Indiza from Mumias Golf Club recovered from a double bogey over Muthaiga’s toughest par four-eighth, and two earlier bogeys at the third and seventh, to post a level par 71 and a total of two under par total of 211.
“I pushed my driver to the right at the eighth, got onto the green with three shots, but made a three putts’’ said Indiza. Earlier, he had picked up two birdies at the fifth and sixth of the front nine.
ROLLED A BIRDIE
He started the back nine well rolling in a birdie at the par five-10th, but three putted the 11th. He however managed to birdie the 13th which cost him a place in the Kenya Open’s money list a few years ago.
He closed the nine with a birdie at the home green (18th), to take the first prize of Sh70,500 with two shots to spare from Railway’s Njuguna Ngugi who fired one under par 70 in the final round that included four birdies and three bogeys for 213.
Rokoine meanwhile dropped to third place with 216 after a three over par 74. Birdies became elusive for Rokoine who only managed a birdie at the tough par five-seventh, having bogeyed the first and a five at the par three-second.
Muthaiga’s resident professional Anil Shah, like his colleague Rokoine, shot three over par 74 to wind up in fourth place with a total of 218 and a shot better than Ajay Shah (72), David Opati (71), and John Wangai who also shot level par 71 in the final round. A total of 33 professionals and six amateurs had been listed to play.
