15-Year-Old Cherono Kipkorir emerged the Overall Gross Lady Winner during the Royal Nairobi Golf Club leg of the 2025 NCBA Golf Series.
The youngster, who won this leg of the series during the 2021 edition aged just 11, carded an impressive 79 strokes playing off handicap 7 to floor the ladies on the course and book her spot for the Grand Finale set to be held at Muthaiga Golf Club on November 28, 2025.
Kevin Juma, the 2025 Royal Nairobi Golf Club Champion, played to his status and emerged the Overall Men Winner after scoring 71 off handicap 2, joining Cherono on the list of golfers heading to the finale, from a field of 263 golfers that turned up at Royal.
Brian Gachuba (handicap 6) emerged the Division One winner with 39 points as John Juma (handicap 19) and Flora Mutahi (handicap 24) won the men and lady Division Two titles with 44 points a-piece. Tribhovan Chavda won the Division Three title after carding 43 points.
Cherise Wachira (handicap 11) posted 37 points to emerge the junior winner and also make the list of six who will represent the club at Muthaiga in November, the others being Cherono, Kevin Juma, John Juma, Mutahi, and Chavda.
Alex Kiome and Joseph Mokaya were the guest and staff winners respectively, scoring 38 and 36 points in that order.
Apart from winning the junior title, Wachira also had the longest drive among ladies as Collins Too took the honors among men. Hesbon Odumbe and Mary Cox hit closest to the pin.
NCBA Kenya Managing Director James Gossip said: Congratulations to the winners for the day. I hope everyone enjoyed today even as we gear toward the grand finale at Muthaiga. AT NCBA, we will continue giving golfers a platform to grow not just on the course,
but also in life.”
Action in the series now heads to Nanyuki Golf Club on Saturday, September 20, where golfers will be looking to secure their spots in the grand finale as the series enters the homestretch.
Muigua wins in Malindi
Elsewhere, Elvis Muigua dethroned Michael Karanga in a hard-fought victory to become the new Malindi Open – Vasco da Gama Cup champion at the Malindi Golf Club on Sunday.
Muigua, who has been in good form at the Coast, having won the Diani Beach Masters a week earlier, carded 9-over-par 219, same as Ebill Omollo and Michael Karanga but beat them after an intense three-hole playoff.
The Windsor Golf Hotel & Country Club played rounds of 74, 70, and 75 while Omollo carded 73, 77 and an impressive 69 on the final day, with Karanga settling for 71, 70, and 78 across the three rounds.
The victory saw Muigua extend his points tally further on the standings to 1316 while still maintaining the third spot behind John Lejirma and Michael Karanga who have 2050 and 1740 points respectively.
