Wambugu, Catherine win 2024 Karen Ladies Golf Invitational

The duo of Karen Country Club’s Jacintah Wambugu and Muthaiga Golf Club’s Rose Catherine combined to post an impressive 48 stableford points at the 2024 Karen Ladies Invitation, claiming top honours at the tournament.

Finishing in second place was Karen Country Club’s Kabura Kamau who combined with Limuru Golf Club’s Agnes Nyambura for a total of 41 points – one ahead of Karen’s Nekoye Inzaule and Royal Golf Club’s Cherotich Murgor who finished in third after countback with 40 points.

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Fourth place was claimed by Karen’s Carol Karanja – who is also the lady captain at Golf Park - and Vet Lab’s Rehema Mohamed after countback, whose combined efforts yielded 40 points.

Meanwhile, best first nine was claimed by the duo of Karen’s Lillian Marema and Vet Lab’s Nancy Njiraini after countback with a score of 21 points. Karen’s Lucy Murage and Limuru’s Hannah Gatu won the best second nine award after they carded 24 points.

Among the juniors, Marya Nyambura from Karen and Cherono Kipkorir from Royal Nairobi Golf Club took the honours with 34 points, while Beth Kariuki and Louisa Gitau claimed the longest drive and nearest-to-the-pin awards.

The annual event, held at the Karen Country Club yesterday, brought together over 200 lady golfers who were drawn to play in a greensomes format that saw home players paired with guest players over 18 holes.

“We had a good day together with Jacintah and played very well. At the beginning, we just spotted each other's strengths and complemented one another very well. The day started off chilly and then it brightened up and then we had a good day. Personally, when I came in today, I just came in to have fun and then scores showed up," Catherine said after the win.

Wambugu, on her part said, “My partner was driving the ball very well and I was hitting the second shots, while the putting was good. We had very good company; our fourball was just amazing, so we just decided to enjoy ourselves. It was a bit slow on some holes, otherwise it was a beautiful day, graced by beautiful weather for what was a beautiful event.”