Zimbabwe’s Robson Chinhoi, has produced a two under par 70 in the final round of the second leg in the Safari Tour’s Season Four at the par 72 Vet Lab Sports Club course, claiming a title in the neck-to-neck battle.
One of the most experienced players in the Kenya Open Golf Limited owned Safari Tour, Chinhoi besides the 50 points towards the Order of Merit, and the winner’s trophy, pocketed Sh308,293 that included Sh68,292 under par rounds, and Sh30,000 for scoring three under par or better bonus.
It was however a slow start for the experienced Chinhoi who last season won three events in the tour, as he bogeyed the second and third holes.
He made the day’s first birdie at the par five-fifth hole and added one more at the par three-eighth to level the nine enroute to the back nine where he birdied the 12th and 15th for the day’s two under par and a tournament aggregate of five under 283.
Chinhoi said he had a tough final, he is going to work on a few things on the game.
“I am very happy winning here despite a tight final round where again I made a slow start by dropping two shots in the round. My game otherwise is very solid and I am looking forward for a good season.
“I just need to work on a few things on my game and try and player under par rounds,” Chinhoyi said.
He won by two shots from Sigona’s Mohit Mediratta, home pro Mike Kisia and round two leader Greg Snow.
Mediratta who started the tournament with a poor 78 on Sunday, managed to overcome all that, and close the tournament with a fine four under par 68, a round that included six birdies and a bogey in each nine, for an aggregate of three under par 285 to tie for the second place with Kisia and Snow.
Snow, on the other hand shot one under par 71 despite making four birdies in the closing round where he was engaged in a neck-to-neck battle with Chinhoi and Mike Kisia.
This week’s tournament had attracted a field of 64 players though only 24 made the second round cut, to proceed to the last two rounds where besides winning money, they also scored some points towards the Safari Tour Order Of Merit.
The final leaderboard;
Robson Chinhoi (Zim) 71, 74, 68, 70= 283
Mohit Mediratta 78, 71, 68, 68= 285
Mike Kisia 74, 74, 66, 71= 285
Greg Snow 74, 70, 70, 71= 285
Simon Ngige 74, 72, 69,72= 287
Tarafa Mpofu (Zim) 69, 76, 71, 76- 292
Edwin Mudanyi 78, 73, 70, 74= 295.