Keguru, Soderberg bag final Pro-Am prize
Mumias Golf Club's Dismas Indiza tees off from 10th tee during the Barclays Kenya Open final Pro-Am tourney on March 21, 2018 at Muthaiga Golf Club. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO |
What you need to know:
- The pair won by two points beating the pair of Ben Eccles and Barclays Bank Chief Finance Officer, Yusuf Omari who carded 11 under par 47 points.
- Unlike the first Pro-Am on Tuesday, the scores on Wednesday were better as the course showed some improvements going into Thursday's first round of the 2018 Barclays Kenya Open.
The pair of Sweden's Sebastian Soderberg and Kenya Golf Union (KGU) executive Peter Keguru of Sigona fired a brilliant 13 under par 49 points to walk away with the top prize in the Barclays Bank sponsored second Pro-Am at Muthaiga Golf Club on Wednesday.
The pair won by two points beating the pair of Ben Eccles and Barclays Bank Chief Finance Officer, Yusuf Omari who carded 11 under par 47 points.
Unlike the first Pro-Am on Tuesday, the scores on Wednesday were better as the course showed some improvements going into Thursday's first round of the 2018 Barclays Kenya Open.
There was however a stiff competition for the remaining two prizes, where five teams tied on 10 under par 46 points, and it was the countback method which separated the third and fourth placed teams with the rest.
Coming third, was the pair of Nathan Kimsey with S. Gkaliamouta, while the pair of Nico Geyger and Michael Mwaura, who posted 26 points at the back nine gained the fourth prize losing to Kimsey's pair who had fired 27 points at the back nine, on countback.
Ross McGowan and Robert Keter were fifth, and the pair of Joel Girrbach and Gi Virani were sixth and Grant Forrest and Tony Tugee were placed seventh.
With the two pro-ams now out of the way, the action now shift on the main event on Thursday, where the big field of 156 begins the hunt for the top prize of 80,000 Euro(Sh10 million) in this European Challenge Tour sanctioned event.
