As curtains fall on the 11-month-long 2024 KCB East Africa Golf Tour 260 golfers who competed across the region are expected to tee off at the tour’s grand finale at the Sigona Golf Club on December 6, 2024, marking an end to the series that reached 3000 participants and 1500 juniors through the golf clinics.
The tour has been instrumental in elevating the sport in Kenya and the broader East African region – fostering talent, promoting inclusivity, and positioning the region as a hub for golfing excellence.
The tour traversed twenty counties in Kenya and four countries in the East African region – Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Kenyan edition saw events held in Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Machakos, Kericho, Uasin Gishu, Kisumu, Nyeri, Nandi, Kisii, Laikipia, Trans Nzoia, Kilifi, and Kiambu Counties.
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“KCB Golf Series has been a driving force in the development of the game in Kenya and the greater East African region. This series has allowed golf enthusiasts to hone their skills and enjoy themselves at the different amazing courses. We hope that come next year, the tour will give more players at the grassroots level an opportunity to learn the ropes of the game,” noted golfer James Muraguri.
The club that produces the winning team at the grand finale will receive KShs. 1 million cash reward for a sustainability initiative the club is currently undertaking. Additionally, the team winners will participate in the 2025 Magical Kenya Ladies Open at the Vipingo Ridge in Kilifi County.
Speaking about the series, KCB Group Director Marketing and Communications Rosalind Gishuru said: “Our hefty investment in golf has largely been centred on our social conviction that we have a role to play in uplifting communities where we operate in line with our brand purpose For People. For Better. The 2024 edition has been greatly successful as we attained our aim of interacting with 3,000 juniors and 1,500 juniors.”
Unlike last year, in 2024, KCB hosted three caddies-only tournaments in Mombasa Golf Club, Nakuru, and Ruiru Sports Club, an initiative that was aimed at onboarding caddies, who play a huge role in the sport to also enjoy themselves.
Junior Golfer Ryan Tolgos, son of former Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Engineer Alex Tolgos, is one of the fast-rising golfers who made an impact on the KCB Golf Tour. He emerged as the overall winner of the Eldoret leg of the series after he carded 49 stableford points.
Other names that made the mark this year include Amos Butit, Jackson Kiprono, Wesley Kiprono, Mike Rotich, Kipchirchir Kiprop, Nelson Orgut, Patrick, Kiprop, Geoffrey Kitiwa, Cedric Konzolo, Jack Songwa, Victor Muhando, Julius, Oketch, James Mundia, Kunal Chandaria, Maureen Mundia, and Ivan Poakas.
