Justus Madoya in action during the penultimate round of the sixth leg of the Safari Tour at the par 71 Great Rift Valley Golf Resort on January 15, 2021.
It was a tough round though for the cool Madoya who overcame a strong challenge from playing mates Abbey Bagalana of Uganda and Muthaiga’s Greg Snow, before posting a final round of two over par 73
Before Saturday, his best in any event in the country was a tie with Sigona’s John Wangai in 2018 KCB Golf series, though he won the Entebbe Open in Uganda last year
Meanwhile the Ugandan Bagalana picked up a number of bogeys on both the first and second nine for 78, to drop to fifth place on nine over par 293 while Greg Snow finished fourth on eight over par 292 after firing four over par 75
Home player Justus Madoya lived to expectations of his fans, by beating his close friend Robson Chinhoi from Zimbabwe and Thika Sports Club’s Simon Ngige by three shots, to claim the sixth leg of the 2021 Safari Tour golf series at the most challenging Great Rift Valley Golf Resort on Saturday.
It was a tough round though for the cool Madoya who overcame a strong challenge from playing mates Abbey Bagalana of Uganda and Muthaiga’s Greg Snow, before posting a final round of two over par 73 which gave him a tournament total of three over par 287, to win his first pro tournament in Kenya.
