Kericho Golf Club hosts the ninth leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour this weekend as the event returns to the Rift region for a second time.
The Rift also hosted the sixth leg in April at Eldoret Golf Club. The tournament has drawn a field of 120 senior golfers and over 50 juniors from Kericho and its environs including South and North Rift as well as Nyanza counties.
Lydia Jebichii from Nandi Bears who was the overall winner during the sixth leg in Nyanza is expected to take to the course against some of the home favourites.
The corporate tournament is scheduled for Saturday while the juniors will take to the course on Sunday alongside aGolf Clinic at the same facility.
The Safaricom Golf Tour has so far traversed eight locations across the country namely: Nanyuki, Limuru, Muthaiga, Nyanza, Machakos, Eldoret, Karen and Nyali, drawing over 4,700 golfers in both junior clinics and outreach programmes.
“The first eight editions of our inaugural Safaricom Golf Tour have attracted significant attendance and we are happy with the status of the tour so far,” said Peter Ndegwa, the Safaricom chief executive officer.
He added: "The junior competitions have shown us the incredible upcoming talent and we are confident that out of the tournaments, future champions will emerge."
