Machakos to host 13th leg of NCBA Golf Series

Machakos Golf Club will become the latest golf club in the country to host the ongoing NCBA Golf Series which has so far produced 11 overall winners, among them a junior golfer.

The Machakos event will be the 13^th to be held in 2021 and follows the successful two-day junior golf tournament held at the Karen Country Club earlier in the week.

At least 100 golfers are expected to take to the course for a chance to book a place in the grand finale which will be held at the Karen Country Club in December. Five winners from every leg of the series automatically qualify to play in the grand finale and, so far, 55 players secured their slots.

The top finishers in the junior tournament qualified to play at the Rome Classic in October this year, and the Big Five tournament to be held in South Africa next year.

As part of the golf activities at the Par-72 Machakos Golf club, NCBA Bank has organized a tree-planting exercise in line with its ‘Change the Story’ initiative – a project by the bank, together with like-minded partners, to plant trees in a bid to enhance Kenya’s forest cover by 2022.

The Series has to date attracted the participation of over 1,700 golfers

“We have seen great turnout across the series so far, and I believe Machakos this weekend will be no different,” NCBA Group Managing Director, John Gachora, says.

“We are particularly pleased that our Change the Story initiative resumes at the Club this weekend where we are looking forward to being joined by the Machakos Club members for this very noble tree planting initiative.”

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