Uganda’s top professional golfer Ronald Rugumayo, Rwanda’s Celestin Nsanzuwera and Kenya’s Njoroge Kibugu will all have their expenses taken care of if they qualify for the 2025 Magical Kenya Open.
The three, together with Greg Snow of Kenya and Uganda’s Silver Opio, were the top five outstanding professional golfers in Tuesday’s Pro-Am event at the par-71 Entebbe Golf Club.
All five professional golfers will be fully sponsored should they make it to the lucrative DP World Tour event. To qualify, they must do well in the Safari Tour.
The five amateur golfers who are guaranteed of an all-expenses-paid trip to Muthaiga are; Philemon Akatuhurira, Ronald Pulle, Peace Hellen, Christopher Magezi and Apollo Segawa. Akatuhurira played 42 points to emerge best.
The best professional was Nsanzuwera who shot a near-impeccable round of 65. He walked away with Shs3.5m because his team of four garnered 109 points. That team included; Denis K. Mujuni, Oscar Semweya and Milton Ocen.
The second-best team who lost out on countback having also garnered 109 points, had professional Vincent Byamukama who received Shs2.5m, Alexander Matsiko, Peace Hellen and Jovia Tugume.
The second runner up team featured professional Nyasha Muyambo, Henry Ssali, Adoch Luwum and Paul Habyarima. Muyambo took home Shs2m.
The Pro-Am had a colourful 19th hole in which Uganda Golf Union President Jackson Were hailed the contribution of sponsors towards the development and transformation of the game of golf in the country.
“Sponsors have been supportive and proactive in all things golf and we can’t thank these entities enough for adding a brick to this beautiful game year in year out,” Were remarked.
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