Gitonga rules Limuru as eyes turn to the Muthaiga leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour.

The second leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour took place this past weekend at the scenic Limuru Country Club in Kiambu County. The tournament featured the Corporate tournament on Saturday, the Juniors tournament and golf clinics for young kids on Sunday.

Leo (Jnr) Gitonga, 15, a student at Crawford International school overcame other 240 golfers to produce an outstanding score of 45 points and claim the overall title. Gitonga, playing off handicap 24 only needed 5 pars to claim victory and earn a place for the grand finale to be held at the Vipingo Ridge Golf Club, Kilifi County on the 6th of August 2022.James Kihiu and James Kabiru were second and third respectively.

The Junior tournament had a total entry of 125 kids from different parts of the country and featured different categories in respect to their age brackets. Junior Golf Foundation President Larry Ngala alluded the success of the tournament to the partnerships with Safaricom and NCBA while urging parents to allow and support their kid’s Golf ambitions. He further thanked the U.S Kids Golf Foundations for the support accorded to the junior tournament.

The junior golf clinics led by Pro-golfer Njuguna Ngugi and a host of other coaches sought to enlighten the kids on the critical techniques used and other basic regulations in Golf. The clinic registered an overwhelming number of kids, including students from the Nairobi Primary school and the Limuru Children’s Centre.

According to Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa who participated in the corporate tournament on Saturday, the company will be conducting an outreach programme open to the public in different areas across the legs to ensure that the youth and young kids are introduced to the sport as a way of demystifying the notion that Golf is an elites game.

The Safaricom Golf Tour which kicked off at the Nanyuki Sports Club in Laikipia County, will be headed to the Muthaiga and Nyanza golf Clubs on the 12th and 26th of March. The next legs thereafter will see the series head to the Nyali and Eldoret golf clubs on the 9th and 23rd of April 2022 respectively.