{"id":95796,"date":"2025-02-12T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:51:36","slug":"golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open","title":{"rendered":"Golf: Nsanzuwera aims high ahead of Rwanda Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Astute Rwandan golfer Celestine Nsanzuwera has set his eyes on winning the 2025 Rwanda Open which is scheduled to take place at Kigali Golf Resort and Villas, Nyarutarama February 12 to February 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Nsanzuwera emerged second runner-up in the 2024 Johnnie Walker Uganda Open in September and he is confident of going two steps further to win the 2025 edition on his home soil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my first tournament in 2025 and it means a lot to me. Last year was good and I hope this year will be better. I want to win the Rwanda Open after coming third in the Uganda Open,&#8221; Nsanzuwera told Times Sport.<\/p>\n<p>On his preparations, the golfer said that he has been in top form and as at late 2024, he had intensified his training for the Rwanda Open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My preparations have been intact. I started putting more efforts for this Rwanda Open in November and I am ready,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside, Nsanzuwera, Ernest Ndayisenga, Jules Dusabe, Emile Nshimyumuremyi, Francois Habimana, and Olivier Munyaneza are among top golfers who will represent Rwanda at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Rwanda Open overall winner will take home $50,0000 as the topmost prize while other categories have Rwf 5 million for the winners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Astute Rwandan golfer Celestine Nsanzuwera has set his eyes on winning the 2025 Rwanda Open which is scheduled to take place at Kigali Golf Resort and Villas, Nyarutarama February 12 to February 15th. Nsanzuwera emerged second runner-up in the 2024 Johnnie Walker Uganda Open in September and he is confident of going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[758],"class_list":["post-95796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-rwanda"],"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>Golf: Nsanzuwera aims high ahead of Rwanda Open - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Astute Rwandan golfer Celestine Nsanzuwera has set his eyes on winning the 2025 Rwanda Open which is scheduled to take p ...\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Golf: Nsanzuwera aims high ahead of Rwanda Open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Astute Rwandan golfer Celestine Nsanzuwera has set his eyes on winning the 2025 Rwanda Open which is scheduled to take p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-12T14:33:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-11T13:51:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/02\/sm_1739358727.955889.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"583\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Golf: Nsanzuwera aims high ahead of Rwanda Open\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-12T14:33:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-11T13:51:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/02\/sm_1739358727.955889.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/golf-nsanzuwera-aims-high-ahead-of-rwanda-open\",\"name\":\"Golf: Nsanzuwera aims high ahead of Rwanda Open - 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