Johnnie Walker Golf Series heads to Nyali

Over 150 golfers are set to tee off at the Nyali Golf & Country Club course as the countrywide Johnnie Walker Golf Series moves to the Coastal region this weekend.

The players will participate in the tournament’s fourball stableford format, with the top three teams qualifying to play at the tournament’s Eagles Round (semi-finals) to be played at Muthaiga Golf Club in May.

This will be the eleventh leg of the Series dubbed ‘Road to Gleneagles’ following the tenth leg played last weekend at Thika Sports Club. 

The team of Bernard Mureithi Joseph Ndichu, Ruku Njuguna, and Paul Nduati scored an impressive 140 points to emerge the winners of the Thika leg.

Faith Maina led George Ngamau, Naomi Kimata, and Margaret Waweru to second place having scored 137 points, three more than the team of Dr. Isaac Charagu, Nicholas Kabare, Moses Mburu, and Esther Nyamu who claimed the third spot after returning a combined score of 134.

"We are delighted to be taking the Road to Gleneagles Johnnie Walker series to the Coastal region. Nyali Golf Club is always a special venue and we are therefore excited to be taking this experience to the golfers in Mombasa.

We expect very good numbers to participate and we are hopeful of nothing but a great event," KBL Marketing Manager for Spirits, Josephine Katambo said.

The ‘Road to Gleneagles’ Johnnie Walker Golf Series is part of the efforts by KBL to leverage sports to create more avenues for positive interaction with consumers of their various brands.

Johnnie Walker is a long-time supporter of Kenyan golf, with this circuit giving an opportunity for local golfers to compete with a view of increasing the standard of the overall local game.