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Irungu ignores hippo scare to win Thika Golden Girls tournament

Martin Irungu

Martin Irungu in action during the Thika Golden Girls tournament at Thika Sports Club on April 27, 2024.

Photo credit: Pool

What you need to know:

  • At Thika, Sam Njenga finished second with a score of 36 points while David Mwangi was third on 35 points
  • Away at the nine-hole Bujumbura Golf Club course in Burundi, the four-ball of Christa-Gretta Kaze, former club captain Serge Muheto, Benjamin Huynen, Golf Berty returned a combined score of 145 points to clinch the Burundi leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour
  • At Nyali Golf and Country Club Mombasa, Tony Mintos posted 42 points, to claim first prize in the Akothee Foundation Charity golf tournament


Handicap 16 golfer at Thika Sports Club, Martin Irungu aka 'Chumlee' put aside a rumour of a hippo having been spotted somewhere around the golf course, to post an impressive 39 stableford points, to beat a field of 165 players and emerge the winner of the Thika Golden Girls tournament at the rainy soaked Thika course on Saturday.

“The Club Captain had the previous day circulated a message warning members that a Hippo had been spotted in one of the dams on the course, but I really did not put that in mind as I wanted to focus on my game,’’ said Irungu.