Muthaiga professional Greg Snow finally landed at the top of the leaderboard after a brilliant six under par 66 in Monday’s second round of the Safari Tour third leg at the par 72 Limuru Country Club.
Snow who won the second leg at Vet Lab, birdied the ninth at the opening nine, then eagled the par five-15th, and a two at the par four-17th in addition to a closing birdie at the 18th for a two rounds total of 11 under par 133 which gives him a six-shot lead over Windsor’s David Opati who fired level par 72 for a two rounds total of five under par 139.
In third place on three under par 141 was Golf Park’s Tony Omulli who like Opati, carded level par 72 for the day to move to third place, just a shot better than amateur Michael Karanga of Kiambu on two under par 142 after a two over par 74 in the second round. He had posted four under par 68 during the opening round same as another leading amateur Edwin Mudanyi who however dropped to tie sixth with Muthaiga’s Frank Matilo on level par total of 144 after a 76.
But what a day it was for day one leader Nelson Simwa of Vet Lab who could not take the leadership pressure as he posted seven over par 79 to drop from seven under par in day to level par 144 in joint sixth, and a shot adrift from long-hitting Dismas Indiza who shot level par 72 for 143. A total of 38 pros and seven amateurs are participating in the event where at stake is Sh1 million with the winner taking home Sh150,000.
The third leg event started with Pro-Am event at the same venue at the weekend where Coast based Njuguna Ngugi and his team of amateurs Jeff Macharia, Edwin Guda, and Anthony Mwaura posted a total of 83 points with the pro posting 39 points, to win the first prize by the narrow margin of one point from the Ugandan pro Abbey Bagalana of amateurs Brad McAlister, David Waiganjo, and T. Kamau.
Another Ugandan Pro, Philip Kasozi, and Limuru trio of Laureen Gibson, Mark Misumi and Wambui Gitonga finished third on 81 points. In the subsidiary, Limuru’s Robert Barua carded 38 points to beating men winner James Mbui on countback.