Over 250 Golfers Converge At Ruiru Sports Club For KCB Tourney

_{Allan Kirui in action during the 12 th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at the Karen Country Club on July 27, 2024. PHOTO/ KCB}

RUIRU, Kenya- The penultimate leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour is expected to be headlined by 250 top amateur golfers from around the country at the par 72 Ruiru Sports Club this weekend.

The 11-month-long series has traversed twenty counties in Kenya and four countries in the East African region – Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda.

The series will culminate in a grand finale slated for December 6 at the Sigona Golf Club.

Speaking ahead of the event, Ruiru Sports Club Captain James Muraguri said: “For the first time ever, we are part of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour – a tournament that has made significant contribution to the growth of the sport in Kenya and beyond. We are looking forward to hosting between 230 to 250 players as they compete for the top spots. I can assure golfers that the course is in absolute best shape and they can look forward to an amazing experience here in Ruiru.”

Action will get underway at 6:30 am for the morning tee while the afternoon tee time is scheduled for 12:30 pm as golfers battle it out on the fairway for the top two positions that will see them book a slot in the tour’s grand finale expected to be graced by 180 players from around the region.

_{Golfer Peter Mwaura teeing off during the 12 th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at the Karen Country Club on July 27, 2024. PHOTO/ KCB}

“The second edition of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour has been a huge success. Through this series, we have reached over 3000 participants and over 1500 juniors through the golf clinics that ran concurrently with the series. This is an indication that as a brand, we are taking deliberate efforts in building the game
to an elite level. Our commitment to sports and specifically golf has never been in doubt,” noted KCB Group Director Marketing and Communications, Rosalind Gichuru.

The Bank has partnered with Beulah City Ltd, a property firm, who have committed to give an apartment (in the Ikhaya Beulah Genesis project) valued at Ksh2.1 million as the hole-in-one prize for every leg of the 2024 tour.

On Sunday, November 17, KCB will host a juniors’ golf clinic at the same venue and a tree planting exercise in a bid to strengthen its environment conservation efforts.