Tanzania lady golfers to compete in Kenya Stroke Play event
Tanzania prominent lady golfers Madina Iddi during a past event. PHOTO | file
What you need to know:
- The 54-hole event is scheduled to take place at Karen Golf Club in Nairobi from May 3 to 5.
Dar es Salaam. Prominent Tanzanian lady golfers are set to compete in this year’s Kenya Amateur Ladies Golf Open Stroke Play Championship, scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya, early next month.
The golfers include defending champion Madina Iddi from Arusha Gymkhana Club, Neema Olomi, Vicky Elias, Hawa Wanyeche, Loveness Mungure, Rechal Mushi, and Jazira Daniel.
The 54-hole event is scheduled to take place at Karen Golf Club in Nairobi from May 3 to 5. Aside from Tanzanian, Ugandan and Kenyan golfers, the event will also feature top golfers from various countries across the African continent.
Tanzania Ladies Golf Union (TLGU) competition secretary general Rehema Athuman said they have received an invitation from Kenya ladies’ golf governing body for Tanzanian golfers to compete in the event.
Rehema added, “The door is still open for Tanzanian golfers to compete in the event. April 30 is the deadline for golfers to confirm participation. We urge as many lady golfers as possible to do so.”
In last year’s event, Iddi clinched the title after recording scores of 78, 74, and 70 over 54 holes at the Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi.
Iddi won by two strokes, securing the title for the fifth time after doing so in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, recording 222 strokes to edge out Kenya’s Channele Wangari, who scored 224 strokes.
Wangari's scores were 76, 74, and 74 in the competition, which featured 88 other competitors. Apart from Tanzania and the host country, Kenya, the event also featured golfers from Uganda.
Third place was secured by Kenya’s Naomi Wafula, who recorded a total of 227 strokes (76, 78, and 73), while fourth place went to Joyce Wanjiru, with scores of 76, 81, and 75.
Mercy Nyanchama, also from Kenya, finished fifth with a total of 235 strokes after recording 77, 83, and 75 strokes.
Another Tanzanian golfer, Vicky Elias, secured sixth place after recording a total of 242 strokes (80, 85, and 77). She tied with Kenya’s Agnes Nyakio, who scored 80, 83, and 79.
Aside from Idd and Elias, the tourney also featured two other Tanzanians, Rachel Moshi and Loveness Mungure, both from Kili Golf Club.
Rachel finished 41st with a total of 288 strokes, while Loveness was placed 47th with a total of 295 strokes.
