David Wakhuof Golf Park claimed the Third Leg title of the 2021/22 Safari Tour Golf Series at the par 71 Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort in Naivasha. The champion fired four rounds total of one-over-par 285 to carry the day.He won the coveted title despite bogeying six holes in the final round where he blamed slow pace of the game by teams that were ahead of his batch on the fairways.

“I really wanted an under par in the final round, but along the way I started putting badly despite having started with a birdie on the first hole which ended up being the only one of the round,” said Wakhu.

Wakhu won the event trailing Samuel Njoroge by three shots.The over-par score, however, denied him more cash usually given out as an under-par scores bonus.

Wakhu won the event trailing Samuel Njoroge by three shots. The over-par score denied him more cash usually given out as an under-par scores bonus… all the same, he bagged Ksh.276, 667 in prize money.

All the same, he bagged Sh276, 667 in prize money.

Njoroge, who was in the last flight with Wakhu, shot four-over-par 75 for total four rounds of four-over-par 288finishing second as round one leader,  Greg Snow, posted 76 for five-over-par 289.Youngster Mathew Wahome shot one over par 72 for a total of 290. 

The only under par score of two under 69 was posted by Rwanda’s AloysNsabimana which pushed him to ninth place on 293. The Rwandese is sponsored by Falcon Country Club of Rwanda, courtesy of leading amateur golfer in Rwanda, Innocent Rutamu.

It was a bad final round for home pro and defending champion JastasMadoya, who after third round’s 69, picked up a number of bogeys in the final round for a disastrous 83 to drop to 14th place on 298, tying with second leg winner Robson Chinhoi of Zimbabwe and Golf Park’s Eric Ooko.