Pabari Leads Team to Victory at KCB Golf Series in Kisumu.

The team of Jiten Pabari, Amrish Patel, Ramesh Karia and Prashant Thakrar returned a combined score of 115 points to be named the overall team winners of the 15^th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at the Nyanza Golf Club on Saturday.

Griffins Owino, Joyce Osike, Tabitha Ojwang and Christine Riaroh who bagged the tour’s overall crown last year, emerged second garnering 111 points at the tourney that was graced by 130 top amateur golfers from around the country.

Speaking after their victory, Pabari said: “I am a golfer here at Nyanza Golf Club and I have played golf for 35 years. We are excited to win and we are happy to represent Nyanza at the Nairobi finals. We were quite relaxed today and decided to play our natural golf. We were motivated, that is why we emerged victorious. We will start preparing well in advance for the grand finale and we look forward to winning again because this club requires enormous support.”

Joyce Osike, an ardent golfer, was on her best form returning 41 stableford points to be crowned the overall winner of the day. Amrish Patel on the other hand was the man winner after returning 39 points.

In the ladies’ category that was closely contested, Elizabeth Akinyi was named the winner with 40 points – demonstrating her skills and hard work at the par 70 Nyanza course.

“Currently, through the series, we have reached 1500 participants and over 1000 juniors. Our aim is to interact with 3000 golfers across the East African region – Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda. We aim to make the sport accessible to all and elevate it to an elite level,” noted KCB Bank Kenya Director of Corporate Banking John Okulo.

In the longest drive category, Dr. Rosemary Obara bagged it in the ladies’ section while Deve Karia clinched it in the men’s category. Benjamin Koyier scooped the guest winner award with 39 points as Allan Kirui won the staff category with 33 points.

On Sunday, KCB hosted a juniors’ clinic at the same venue in a bid to nurture the next generation of golfers and a tree planting exercise aimed at strengthening environment conservation efforts in line with the Bank’s sustainability agenda.

The next leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour will be held at Nanyuki on September 7, 2024.