Africa-Press – Kenya. Handicap 16, Steven Njoroge carded a round of 39 points to emerge the overall winner of the Great Rift Valley leg of the ongoing NCBA Golf Series on Saturday.
He becomes the series’ 15th overall winner and joins a team of over 70 other players who have booked their place to play at the Series Finale which will be hosted at the Karen Country Club in December this year.
His effort was enough to fend off the challenge of handicap 7 golfer, Njuguna Ndung’u, whose 37 points haul from the round saw him claim the winner’s spot in the men’s category ahead of handicap 3 golfer Robin Boyd Moss, who claimed the runner-up spot with 36 points.
In the ladies’ category, handicap 30 player Nicki Farqhurson carded a round of 36 points to claim the category win ahead of handicap 24, Nanice Gichinga, who finished the day with 32 points, enough to claim the runner-up spot. Among the juniors, handicap 17, Martin Nduati, emerged the winner with 35 points as NCBA Group’s head of retail client experience, Rahab Thuo, was crowned staff winner with 39 points.
Among the guests, handicap 35, Gladys Karuri, was crowned the winner after she carded 40 points ahead of handicap 27, Michael Mwiti, who claimed the runner-up spot with 39 points and handicap 26 John Ng’ang’a who came in third with 37 points.
In the nines, Douglas Karuri won the first nine trophy on countback with 19 points while Nick Downs claimed the back nine after carding 20 points. In the longest drive contest, Cate Kimiti emerged the winner in the ladies’ category, while James Boyd Moss took the win in the men’s event. Nancy Ndung’u won the nearest-to-the-pin in the ladies category while David Githinji the men’s title.
The Great Rift Golf Resort was the 16th leg of the NCBA Golf Series, which has so far featured 15 seniors’ events and one junior golf tournament.
Over 2,000 golfers have so far played in the series which first teed off in January at the Thika Golf Club. Despite the slight disruption by Covid-19, the series has weathered on to produce 75 top finishers who will play at the Series Finale.
