KCB has partnered with global payments technology company mastercard for the 2023 KCB East Africa golf tour grand finale event slated for Friday at the Par 72 Karen Country Club.
The finale marks an end to the eight-month-long amateur series.
The much-anticipated showpiece has drawn together a field of 142 golfers from Kenya and the East African region.
They will be battling for the Sh1 million grand prize while the winning team will also get a chance to participate in the 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open at the Vipingo Ridge in Malindi, Kilifi County.
KCB Group Director Marketing and Communications Rosalind Gichuru said: “We as KCB have a long and good relationship with Mastercard. We are excited to join hands once again for the 2023 KCB East Africa golf tour grand finale that marks an end to a series that has been a huge success.”
KCB injected Sh60 million into the tourney that traversed Vetlab Sports Club, Eldoret Golf Club, Limuru Golf Club, Railway Golf Club, Kakamega Golf Club, Nyanza Golf Club, Thika Sports Club, Nyeri Golf Club, Nakuru Golf Club, Kericho Golf Club, Great Rift Valley Lodge, Kitale Golf Club, Machakos Golf Club, Sigona Golf Club, Nyali Golf Club, and Nandi Bears Golf Club in the Kenyan edition.
Kenya’s edition saw 15 teams book their slots in the Pro-Am event even as the series reached 1,500 participants and over 800 juniors and ladies in the clinics that ran concurrently with the series.
Speaking ahead of the event, mastercard country manager for East Africa, Shehryar Ali noted that KCB’s support for sports in the country is in line with the global payments technology company’s sports strategy to develop golf in the country to an elite level.
“At mastercard, we firmly believe in the power of partnerships to bolster our relationships with like-minded entities for shared value. As KCB hosts this event, we are happy to come on board to support this noble initiative that will go a long way in developing the sport of golf in the country and the greater East African region.
"We intend to grow this partnership going into the future for our mutual benefit.”
