Kenyan junior golfers are bound to be exposed to more golfing tournaments this year than it any other season. Acccording to Junior Golf Foundation,JGF, a total of 48 tournaments have been planned this year for the upcoming golfers who will also be battling for WAGA ranking points.
The 2025 season has already teed off with the NCBA US Kids Nairobi Spring tournament at the VetLab Sports Club in January.
The tournament offered whats to come with regular campaigners drawing the marker early in the season.
In the boys 13-14 years category, Aidan Gachora was in sublime form with a score of 1 over par 73 to win the category. Amar Shas was not far behind as he posted 75 points, two strokes behind Gachora. Tsorav Soni finished third with a score of seven over par 79.
Another competitive category was the girls 11-12 years old. Chloe Chiuri played five over par 79 to finish first, followed by Siqian Yu, only one stroke behind. Ashley Muyela was a further stroke behind as the top three players were separated by only three strokes.
Junior Golf Foundation president Regina Gachora says there is more to come from the junior golfers, especially after the impressive results from the junior players at the Africa Amateur Golf Championship in South Africa earlier this month.
Three juniors, Channel Wangare, Kanana Muthomi and Bianca Ngecu were part of team Kenya, finishing 4th, 11th and 12th.
“It means that we (JGF) are doing the right thing; we are developing talent and the talent is being seen all over Africa,” she added.
The foundation has set a five year target with the focus being to produce juniors qualifying for the Kenya Open in future editions.
Already a junior has once featured at the Kenya Open in Njoroge Kibugu who was a junior at the 2022 edition of MKO.
“It elevates their level of golf. Any sport, and not just golf, is about training. It is about good training, good drills and practising your sport as best as you can. If we continue with the same trajectory, then we will have many Kenyans qualifying on their own right and not fighting for the few slots allocated for Kenya,” Gachora said.
