Scottish Ross Kellett grabs early lead at Kenya Open
Ross Kellet from Scotland relax after his first round at the Barclays Kenya Open Golf tournament on March 22, 2018 at Muthaiga Golf Club. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO |
What you need to know:
- Of the locals, who had started in the morning, Railway’s Alfred Nandwa finished on one over par 72, while Muthaiga’s Jeff Kubwa finished on two over 73, two shots better than amateur Edwin Mudanyi, pros Nicholas Rokoine and Frank Matilo.
- For those who started in the afternoon, Mohit Mediratta, Riz Charania, and Tony Omuli were on two under par after nine, six and three holes.
Scotland’s Ross Kellett grabbed an early lead half way in the first round of this year’s Barclays Kenya Open Golf Championship at the par 71 Muthaiga Golf Club course on Thursday.
Kellett shot six under par 65, thanks to two fine eagles at the fourth 10th holes and four birdies over the first, third, 11th and the last hole (18th).
He however, dropped two shots one of them at the tough par four-sixth and at the 14th hole. This gave him a one-shot advantage over Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey, Sweden’s Simon Forsstrom and South Africa’s Jaco Ahlers.
Hoey had a total of seven birdies, though two bogeys at the eighth and 15th denied him the club-house leadership, while the Swedish Forsstrom birdied six times in addition to an eagle three at the 10th, but against bogeys at the ninth, 16th and 18th.
Dismas Indiza of Mumias Golf Club follows the progress of his tee shot from the first tee during the Barclays Kenya Open Golf Tournament on March 22, 2018 at Muthaiga Golf Club. PHOTO | FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP
South African Ahlers, eagled the last hole after making birdies over the third, fourth, sixth, ninth, 10th, 12th, and 14th. He however dropped two shots, one in the first nine and the other at the back nine.
Of the locals, who had started in the morning, Railway’s Alfred Nandwa finished on one over par 72, while Muthaiga’s Jeff Kubwa finished on two over 73, two shots better than amateur Edwin Mudanyi, pros Nicholas Rokoine and Frank Matilo.
For those who started in the afternoon, Mohit Mediratta, Riz Charania, and Tony Omuli were on two under par after nine, six and three holes.
