John Kitaka wins Machakos Golf Club leg with 47 points
Reading Time: 3min | Mon. 24.03.25. | 14:56
The firm plans on hosting six other events this year across the country to build on last year’s success, where it held ten golf tournaments.
Home player John Kitaka shot an impressive round of 47 points to emerge as the overall winner of the Machakos Golf Club leg of the Bayer East Africa golf series, held on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
Playing off a handicap of 19, John’s score was six points better than his nearest challenger, Patrick Marang’u, whose efforts saw him claim the top spot in the men’s category with 41 points.
Clinching the runner-up spot in the category was Joe Mboya, playing off a handicap of 17, who shot a round of 39 points. Victor Mutwii, playing off a handicap of 11, with 38 points, completed the podium places in the category.
Among the lady golfers, Angelina Mutuku, playing off a handicap of 32, emerged as the winner with 37 points, one ahead of her nearest challenger, Mwongeli Nzioka—playing off a handicap of 10—who carded a round of 36 points. Taking third place in the ladies’ category was Florence Riungu, who shot a round of 35 points and played off a handicap of 24.
Among the guests, Isaac Kamau from Vetlab Sports Club, playing off a handicap of 22, emerged as the top guest at the event after carding a round of 39 points, two better than Timothy Rintari, playing off a handicap of 26, who managed 37 points to clinch the runner-up spot in the category.
In the subsidiaries, Mathew Mutambu, playing off a handicap of 53, was the men’s winner with 41 points, while Purity Kioko was crowned the ladies' winner with 40 points. John Kinyua and Anthony Mwirigi—playing off handicaps of 32 and 31—emerged as the first and second nine winners with 21 and 22 points, respectively.
In the longest drive challenge, Terra Saidimu and Nancy Kariuki emerged as victors in the men’s and ladies’ categories, respectively, while Vincent Musalia won the nearest-to-the-pin award at the event.
A field of 132 golfers took part in the tournament, which was sponsored by Bayer East Africa Limited as part of the company’s corporate outreach strategy. The event was Bayer’s second golf tournament this year, with the first having taken place at the Nakuru Golf Club on March 8.
The firm plans on hosting six other events this year across the country to build on last year’s success, where it held ten golf tournaments.
Speaking after the Machakos event, Isabellah Magale, Marketing and Communication Specialist at Bayer East Africa Limited revealed the decision to settle on Machakos Golf Club.
“Today, we had 130 players on the course. The reason we chose Machakos as a destination for our golf tournament is that it is the land of smallholder farmers, and we wanted to interact with them as well as link up with our distributor, who sells our seeds and crop protection solutions to the farmers," she said.
“Bayer has been sponsoring golf for the last 10 years, hosting several events annually. Last year, we held a series of ten events across different golf clubs as part of our 50-year celebrations for one of our products, and this year we aim to have about eight events.
We started at the Nakuru Golf Club before coming to Machakos for the second event. We plan to have six more events across the country as part of our strategic engagements and look forward to engaging with our stakeholders.”
The series moves to the Nandi Bears Club in June this year.
