Muthaiga Golf Club’s Greg Snow, shot an impressive round of 2-under par 69 at the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour golf series to take the lead after Round One of the tournament.
The recently crowned Safari Tour overall winner, got off to a slow start, picking up a bogey on the par-4, third before recovering with back to back birdies on the par-4, fifth and the par-5, sixth for a turning score of 34, having held par on the other five holes.
He looked to be on course for a score of 34, after hitting a birdie at the 12th, before he dropping a shot at the par-4 18th, for a back nine score of 35.
Great Rift Golf Club’s Justus Madoya and amateur Daniel Nduva returned impressive scores of one under par on the round to tie for second place.
Madoya birdied the Par-3, second and par-5 sixth before bogeying at the par-4, third and par-3 fourth in the first nine, he played an impressive round of 35 in the back nine to return an overall score of one under par, 70.
Nduva started off with a bogey at the first, but quickly settled with four birdies in the first nine to return a score of 32, the best of the round.
Further bogeys at the tenth, fifteenth and sixteenth holes saw him return a back nine score of 38 for a round total of one under par, 70.
The trio of David Opati, Simon Ngige and Anil Shah returned scores of par, 71 to tie for third.
Mumias Sugar’s Dismas Indiza had a round to forget, returning a score of 3-over par, 74 placing him T16, one shot behind Windsor’s Rizwan Charania (T13).
The championship is used to give local pros an opportunity to acclimatise to the course ahead of the Magical Kenya Open Championship set for March 13-17 at the same venue.
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