Wainaina carries the day at Nakuru Golf Club
Golf
By
Ben Ahenda
| May 27, 2024
Handicap 28 Peter Wainaina posted a total of 40 stableford points to beat over 130 golfers in the Chairman’s Prize tournament at Nakuru Golf Club on Saturday.
Wainaina scored 18 points in the first nine and 22 in the back nine to emerge the overall winner in a tournament that was hosted in honour of the outgoing chairman Mandeep Sahota.
Mandeep, who was showered with praise as one of the outstanding chairmen, handed over the top prize as he ushered in the in-coming chairman Titus Lusaka.
“Thanks goes to my teammates for stimulating me in the back nine as we played on after an average start in the first one. The course was good and that propelled me to emerge the winner,” Wainaina said.
Professional golfer Andrew Chelogoi of Eldoret was the pro-winner, pocketing Sh20,000.
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Roy Bwoma, who scored 38 points, finished second to edge George Kimani by two points ahead Joram Njuguna, who posted 36 stableford points to finish as the third runner-up.
With a total of 36 stableford points, Michael Mululu won the men’s title, while in-form Beatrice Bisonga scooped the ladies title with the same points. Pari Maisuria and David Mathai scored a total of 35 and 29 stableford points to win the junior and senior titles respectively.
The nines went to Raphael Kimani (first) and Gabriel Gathura (second) on 19 and 20 points respectively, with John Kamais emerging as the gross winner on 27 points.
Mukami Wachira (35 points) was the guest winner with the best effort title taken home by Gerrard Chasimba.
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