Over 100 golfers from Nakuru and Njoro Golf Clubs are expected to compete in the eighth leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at the evergreen par 72 Nakuru Golf Club on Saturday.
At stake will be an opportunity to represent the club at the Tour’s Grand Finale slated for December 6 in Nairobi besides other top prizes. Two top teams from the 18-hole Nakuru Golf Course will also qualify for the Pro-Am event.
“We are honoured to be part of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour for the second year after hosting a successful event in 2023. Our course is well-kept and I expect a huge turnout . This tournament has gone a long way in building a critical pool of talent in the country and across the region,” reckoned club captain Barnabas Kemboi.
The club will see a beehive of activities on Saturday through to Monday with the amateur tournament ushering in a juniors’ golf clinic on Sunday and a tree planting session on the same day. This will be followed on Monday with a caddie tournament as part of KCB’s objective to make the game accessible to all.
“We are living up to the promise we made last year to make the golf series bigger and better. Nakuru is home for us and that is why we are heading there for the second year running to foster a golfing culture around the region. Through this tournament, we are able to grow the game to an elite level,” noted KCB Group's marketing and communications director, Rosalind Gichuru.
Teams from Uasin Gishu, Kericho, Nandi, Kakamega, Mombasa, Nyeri and Nairobi have secured their places in the tournament’s Grand Finale. A total of 30 players have currently booked their place in the December event.
From the previous legs, the regional tourney has reached over 3000 participants and over 1000 juniors through the clinics that ran concurrently with the series.
