Sydney Wemba led team wins Safari Tour ProAm event at Limuru

Professional golfer Sydney Wemba led his team comprising amateurs Itimu Kiruti, Michael Kiruti, and Edga Njenga to winning the ProAm edition of the Safari Tour played at Limuru Country Club.

The team hit a combined score of 87 points to beat their nearest challengers composed of Pro Dennis Sikwa, and amateurs Ibrahim Lande, Stephen Ndungu, and G Weru who combined for a score of 84 points. Coming in third with 83 points was the team led by home pro player John Karichu and comprising of amateurs Ann Wanjama, Moses Kioni and Samuel Ngaruiya.

In the individual amateur prizes, Solomon Irimu playing off handicap 11 was the overall winner having scored 45 points.

Kariuki Minju playing off handicap 27 was the Men’s Category winner having scored 41 points, one more than his nearest challenger Patrick Kinyanjui who managed 40 points.

In the Ladies’ Category, Gladys Karuri playing off handicap 33 scored 34 points to emerge the winner.

In the Nines, David Njonjo scored 21 points to claim the accolades for the first Nine, while Eddka Njenga playing off handicap 16 scored 22 points to claim the second Nine honors.

Meanwhile, Vicky Waiyaki playing off handicap 12 scored 37 points in the day to claim the accolades for the Junior Category.

The event at Limuru Country Club attracted a field of 236 players.

Following the ProAm event focus is now on the Pro golfers who will be taking to the par 72 golf course Limuru Country Club, which is the first of the three remaining series of the second leg of the Kenya Open Golf Limited owned golf series.

The two remaining series will be played at Karen Country Club on 5th-9th February and at the Muthaiga Golf Club on 12th-16th February 2022; just a few weeks before the Kenya Open tees off on 3rd-6th March 2022.

In addition to points towards the Magical Kenya Open Golf Championships, the top twenty professional players will battle it out for the prize pass of Ksh 2,000,000. The winner has the potential of walking away with Ksh. 300,000.

Meanwhile, Kenyan Pro Dismas Indiza who is currently leading the race to Kenya Open expressed his confidence heading to the final three legs of the Series, hoping to make the cut to this year’s Kenya Open.

“I am glad to be leading the Safari Tour leaderboard which places me at a good place as I aim to qualify for the Kenya Open. It has been a challenging season, but we push on and hopefully, we can see better performances from Kenyan pros,” said Indiza.