{"id":35838,"date":"2021-09-24T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=35838"},"modified":"2021-09-24T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:28:04","slug":"kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open","title":{"rendered":"Kitale&#8217;s Malakwen targets home win at Trans Nzoia Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kitale Golf Club captain Stephen Malakwen says he is ready to battle other top golfers for points during the Trans Nzoia Open at Kitale Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Malakwen, who served as club captain for three seasons, says a win will be the perfect homecoming for him although he concedes it won&#8217;t be easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am well prepared for the event and playing at home gives us an advantage though it has been a while since we played due to coronavirus. Playing off handicap 18 may pose a challenge for me but am ready for it,\u201d Malakwen said.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from targeting points in the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (KAGC) series, Malakwen sees the event as an opportunity to interact and learn from lower handicap golfers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying with top golfers is part of the learning process and the main purpose is also to interact when playing on 54 holes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He will be joined by club captain Richard Kiptum, former captain Patrice Tomno, top club golfer Philip Shiharsy, John Chemongos and immediate former captain Patrick Kae.<\/p>\n<p>Series leader Michael Karanga from Kiambu, who will be seeking to consolidate his points and junior golfer Mutai Kibugu, Windsor Classic winner from Muthaiga, are also expected.<\/p>\n<p>The golfers will be treated to a three-round show, two on Saturday and one on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The event comes on back of last weekend\u2019s Kabete Open at the Vet Lab Sports Club where Nyali\u2019s Adel Balala won the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Former Kitale Golf Club captain Stephen Malakwen says he is ready to battle other top golfers for points during the Trans Nzoia Open at Kitale Golf Club. Malakwen, who served as club captain for three seasons, says a win will be the perfect homecoming for him although he concedes it won&#8217;t be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-35838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kitale&#039;s Malakwen targets home win at Trans Nzoia Open - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Kitale Golf Club captain Stephen Malakwen says he is ready to battle other top golfers for points during the Tran ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kitale&#039;s Malakwen targets home win at Trans Nzoia Open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Kitale Golf Club captain Stephen Malakwen says he is ready to battle other top golfers for points during the Tran ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-24T17:20:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/09\/img-614dee6d330da.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"662\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kitale&#8217;s Malakwen targets home win at Trans Nzoia Open\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-24T17:20:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/09\/img-614dee6d330da.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kitales-malakwen-targets-home-win-at-trans-nzoia-open\",\"name\":\"Kitale's Malakwen targets home win at Trans Nzoia Open - 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