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Wafula opens one shot lead at Kiambu Open
Naomi Wafula of Kenya follows the progress of her tee during the third round of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open Golf Tournament at Vipingo Ridge in Kilifi County on February 04, 2023.
Photo credit: Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Wafula, one of the pioneer golfers from the Rose Naliaka Golf Academy, made a slow start, dropping two shots at the first and fifth holes though she quickly recovered the with two back-to-back birdies at the sixth and seventh only to bogey the last two holes of the front nine
- It was a dramatic finish of the second round as day one leader Michael Karanga shot his worse round in the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (KAGC) series this season
- Nsubuga birdied two holes and dropped two shots at the front nine, then picked nine pars at the back nine for his back-to-back level par 72 and a total of 144
Vipingo Ridge’s Naomi Wafula shot one under par to make her way to the top of the leaderboard going into Sunday’s final round of NCBA Bank-sponsored Kiambu Open at the par 72 Kiambu Golf Club course.
It was a dramatic finish of the second round as day 1 leader Michael Karanga shot his worse round in the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (KAGC) series this season.
