Kenya Railway Golf Clubs John Lejirmah was in his best form ever during the weekends NCBA Bank sponsored Trans Nzoia Open golf tournament which ended on Sunday at the par 73 Kitale Golf Club course.
Lejirmah, the current national team captain, carded a three rounds total of 10 under par 209 to beat both Geoffrey Karioki of Kisii Sports Club and Nandi Bears Clubs Elly Barno by a big margin of 15 shots.
Lejirmah, who had a total of 13 birdies and three bogeys in the three rounds, attributed his great performance during the weekend on the improved condition of the course and good preparation.
KAGC series heads to Kitale for Trans Nzoia Open Kenyan girls stay put as boys struggle in Africa junior golf tourneyI have been working on my game for the past one month and I am glad its paying off, said Lejirmah.
He said the course was not so bad despite the fact that they recovering from the drought.
The fairways are still healing and the greens were rolling coming into the second round, Lejirmah said.
During Fridays opening round, Lejirmah carded one under par 72 in a round that had four birdies and three bogeys. He followed that with a clean six under par 67 that included birdies on the first, sixth, 11 th and 12 th , 14 th and 18 th that earned him a super 67.
In the final round on Sunday, Lejirmah made birdies on the 10 th , 11 th and 14 th after a bogey-less front nine where he parred the nine holes, for a three under par 70.
Karioki, on the other hand, started badly in the first two rounds where he carded four over par 77 each though its the closing rounds three under par 70 which saw him move to the second place to tie with Barno, who posted five over par 78 in the closing round after posting level par 73 in the first and second round for 224.
Golf Parks Josphat Rono and Vet Lab Sports Clubs Steve Orinda tied for fourth place on 225, a shot better than Rwandas Felix Dusabe. Golf Parks Amos Odongo returned 228 to finish in seventh place.
The only female player in the tournament Naomi Wafula tied with Mombasas Henry Kamau on 10 over par 229 gross.
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