Four more golfers booked slots for the upcoming 2024 NCBA Series Grand Finale during the Kisii Monthly Mug over the weekend.
The Grand Finale is set to be played on November 29 at the Muthaiga Club.
Although the main qualifying legs ended after the Great Rift Valley Lodge event last month, the Kisii Monthly Mug presented a glorious opportunity for golfers from the club to book their places and be part of the main event.
Elijah Simba, Christopher Maoto, Christine Nyangena and Venus Taabu became the most recent inclusions into the Grand Finale list following their triumphs in respective categories on Saturday.
Playing off handicap 21, Simba returned an impressive score of 68 nett to emerge the overall winner ahead of Zack Bichoge (Handicap 8) who scored 72 nett.
Speaking after the event, Simba attributed his victory to his competitive four-ball which pushed him to do better.
“I found myself with two guys, who happen to be seniors in golf and they gave me a lot of pressure. That was the former captain and the former chairman, which pushed me a lot,” he said.
Playing off handicap 8, Maoto also carded 74 nett to be crowned the men’s winner while handicap 26, Nyangena, claimed the Lady’s prize with 72 nett points.
Taabu carded 66 points playing off handicap 44 to win the junior category as Ben Kalya emerged as the guest winner.
Apart from emerging as the lady winner, Nyangena also had the longest drive among the ladies while Nicholas Odhiambo did so for the men as Ochieng Abekah got the nearest to the pin.
The four golfers joined over 100 other golfers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda who already had booked their slots for the Muthaiga event from the previous events held throughout the year.
NCBA Group Director, Retail Banking, Tirus Mwithiga said: “I wish the qualifiers all the best as they head to Muthaiga to represent not just this club but also the region at large.”
One more regional qualifying tournament is set to take place in Tanzania next weekend on November 24 at the Kili Golf Club to determine the final team that will book a slot for the season finale.
