Battle for top honours heats up today after leader Stephen Ferreira held onto the lead in the second round of 2019 KCB Karen Masters tournament at par 72 Karen Golf Club yesterday.
Ferreira, the Portuguese professional from Harare’s Borrow dale Brooke golf club, leads on a round of 16 under par 128 gross.
He carded under 62 on Day One on Thursday before adding another six under par 66 yesterday to maintain the lead.
He leads South Africa’s Toto Thimba who is second on a 13 under par 131 gross while countrymate Garrick Higgo trails on a ten under par 134 gross.
David Wakhu is the top Kenyan on a 139 gross for a 16th place while second tier Greg Snow fell to 141 gross for a 25th slot.
The two are among nine golfers that survived the cut ahead of third round today and final round tomorrow. "We had trained well and will do our best in the next rounds," said Wakhu.
The tourney, which began on Wednesday with the Pro-Am before the main event on Thursday, is the third edition of KCB Karen Masters and the second Sunshine Tour.
It featured 156 golfers among them 100 from South African Sunshine Tour. There are 30 Kenyan professional with pros from Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe but 64 proceeding to the final two rounds.
The overall winner will wear the 2019 Blue Masters Jacket and take the overall winner’s prize money.
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has set aside Sh70 million. Other sponsors include Standard Group, Safaricom, Coca-Cola and Keringet.
