Larry Ngala
18 September 2008
Nairobi — Action in this year's Safaricom Festival of Golf switches to the South Coast resort of Leisure Lodge in Diani this weekend for the fourth leg of the national golf series.
A field of over 100 players was drawn to battle it out for the top prizes in addition to some slots in the national finals set for April 18 next year.
The event, which is open to all the Coast based clubs of Nyali, Mombasa, Malindi and hosts Leisure Lodge, follows the first three legs staged at Limuru, Kiambu and Kenya Railway Golf Club.
The format, as usual, will be stableford, off full handicaps and those drawn in the morning will be off at 8 am with the afternoon draw to start at noon.
The course at Leisure, which will early next month host the annual Kenya Airways Diani Beach Masters, is in great condition and all set to host this weekend's qualifier where among the prizes being offered will be mobile phones courtesy of the leading mobile services provider, Safaricom, which is also combining this year's series with tree planting.
Meanwhile, the 2008/9 Johnnie Walker Golf Series resumes also this weekend at the nine hole scenic golf course at Njoro. This will be the first time in the five years of the series that Njoro has hosted the qualification round.
Professionals to play
Members of Nakuru, Naivasha, Gilgil, Great Rift and Nyahururu will battle out for ten qualification slots to the Johnnie Walker Grand Finale to be held on the 17th of January 2009 at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club.
Leading the charge at Njoro will be Nakuru's Zack Njeru, a finalist in the previous Johnnie Walker season. Veteran golfer, David Okello, Nakuru chairman S. Kanyoro and Nyahururu's Robert Kimemia, among others, will also be in action.
Top lady golfer, Clem Muli will be looking to play well on her home course. Elsewhere, the Lion of Kenya Insurance is set to host a Pro-Am at Kenya Railways Golf club, which has attracted 15 of the local professionals.
This is an annual tournament at the club although this is the first time the professional golfers have been invited to play. A large field of 150 was drawn to battle it out for the top prizes.
All the professionals are drawn to play from 7.30 am. They will be led by their chairman, Charan Thethy, Fred Kamau and Kopan Timbe.
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