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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Members and affiliates of the Mary Louise Simkins Golf Club in Namulonge spent the weekend over the moon.<\/p>\n

And that good feeling may take a while to fade after Namulonge hosted its first major tournament: the Naro Equity Bank Open.<\/p>\n

Fittingly, Marvin Kibirige, one of their won, beat the field to emerge as the best amateur player after three days of action at the nine-hole course within the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) crops resources research and development institute.<\/p>\n

The teenager produced aggregate score of 143 gross to beat 19 other competitors over 36 holes at the par-71 course.<\/p>\n

A week after finishing second to Grace Kasango at the Kakira Open in Jinja, Kibirige stormed to his first big win after returning rounds of one-under 70 and three-over 73.<\/p>\n

Gusty win<\/p>\n

Despite having the fourth best score on Day Two, Kibirige edged James Koto by a stroke. \u201cI am happy,\u201d said Kibirige after receiving his trophy from Equity Bank\u2019s head of retail George Kato in company of Dr Godfrey Asea, Naro director of research.<\/p>\n

Kibirige grew up playing golf at Namulonge. And the 19-year-old was unstoppable on Day One. His knowledge of the course came to fore when he fired seven birdies before two double-bogeys and a pair of bogeys.<\/p>\n

The long hitter had only two birdies on Day Two, a double-bogey on the par-4 No.6 before successive bogeys on the short par-3s No.12 and No.13.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful and I hope to win more. I hope I can get a sponsor and then try to perform at the Uganda Open,\u201d added the student from Busukuma College, as Kool & The Gang\u2019s \u201cCelebration\u201d played.<\/p>\n

Vincent Byamukama beat 20 others over 36 holes with an aggregate level-par 142 to the pros\u2019 accolade in a showpiece that attracted 110 players.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a great start and surely, we are only going to get better,\u201d said Namulonge captain Collins Bulafu, whose club has a grand plan of expanding the course to 18 holes to be able to attract major championships like the Uganda Open.<\/p>\n

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