Owiti won the tournament last year and has high hopes of defending the title that has attracted top amateur including Peter Rimui of Thika Sports, host John Kariuki, Royal's Stanley Kirui, club member Mike Kisia and
KAGC leader Samuel Njoroge of Kenya Railways who is also the reigning champion.
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Njoroge, who turns out for Railway Club, has been posting good results since winning Mt Kenya Golf Championship, which was the first event in the 2019
KAGC Series.
It was however the bogeys he picked at the 10th, 14th and 16th which denied him a chance of a first victory in the
KAGC series since he made a return to national events after a two year absence.The top three players are members of Kenya's national team for this year's Victoria Cup between Kenya and Uganda to be held at Uganda Golf Club in Kampala from July 3 to 6.
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The team, according to Omuodo, was selected based on the current Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (
KAGC) ranking and Junior Order of Merit.
They include newly crowned Kenya Amateur Match Play champion Paul Muchangi of Limuru Country Club who will be facing among other challengers, the man he beat in the match play championship final, William Odera of Golf Park.Other leading players also going for the title plus
KAGC points, will be Mike Kisia, Robinson Owiti and Isaac Makokha, all from Vet Lab, Nyali's Mathew Wahome and Peter Rimui of Nanyuki, and Railway's John Lejirmah and George Felix.
'My target will be playing at the Kenya Amateur Golf Championships (
KAGC) Series and I will start in Kitale meeting,' said Kipkoech.
Home player Samuel Njoroge on Sunday produced a superb round of seven under par 65 at the par 72 Kenya Railway Golf Club course to walk away with the 2019 Railway Invitation title.The plus three handicap Njoroge, who is also the Kenya Amateur Stroke Play and Kenya Amateur Golf Championship(
KAGC) series champion, picked up two quick birdies at the second and third, dropped the only shot of the day after three putting the fourth hole to cross to the second nine on one under.
In the absence of the trio home player Samuel Njoroge who is also the
KAGC defending champion, Mike Kisia, Nyali's Daniel Nduva the Kenya Amateur Matchplay Champion, Royal's Joshua Ichangi and former Kenya captain Robinson Owiti of Vet Lab will be the men to watch.
PULL ONE BACKHe however managed to pull one back at the seventh, picked up two more birdies at the 10th and 14th against a bogey at the 13th, to put himself in a challenging position for Sunday's final round of the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (
KAGC) series event.Home player and tournament favourite Samuel Njoroge and Kiambu's Mike Ngene tied for third place on two over par 74 apiece, with Royal Nairobi's Kevin Juma finishing the day on fifth place on three over par 75.Njoroge, the Kenya Amateur Stroke Play and
KAGC defending champion, started with bogey at the first hole, but quickly recovered.
Others named in the Kenya amateur team are South Africa-based Daniel Nduva from Nyali, who is also the winner of the Kenya Amateur Match Play Championship; Vet Lab's Mike Kisia, who was picked from the
KAGC ranking system and Bradley Mogire who chalked up the KGU wild card.