Cwinyaai wins Captain’s Bell Amateurs tournament
In a remarkable display of skill, the national team captain achieved the best result of his golfing career at the Kitante course.
Joseph Cwinyaai reacts to his tee shot on the 15th tee. Photo by Michael Nsubuga
Michael Nsubuga
Sports journalist @New Vision
Joseph Cwinyaai carded a record-setting 16-under 200 over 54 holes to win the 7th edition of the Absa Captains Bell Tournament at the Uganda Golf Club on Thursday.
In a remarkable display of skill, the national team captain achieved the best result of his golfing career at the Kitante course. He began with an impressive score of 9-under 63, which equaled the course record during the opening round.
He then followed it up with a score of 1-under 71 and secured his victory with a final score of 6-over 66. With this outstanding performance, he claimed his third consecutive championship title. Earlier, he won the Presidents Cup tournament at Serena, followed by the Mayombo Memorial Open championship on his home course in Fort Portal, before achieving this recent victory.
“The course was playing good and fine but I’m also in good shape for tournaments. I’m in a good run of form and I have been putting in the hard work,” Cwinyaai said.
“It is that part of the year where we go into the busiest part of the year and it is about that time I started playing very well,”
National junior golf team player Anthony Otukei finished second overall after impressive scores of 70 and 5-under 67 in the second and third rounds, respectively, while Entebbe Pearl of Africa Golf Series champion Lawrence Walakira finished third, 19 strokes away from the winner.
Peace Kabasweka (234) topped the ladies’ category, winning by four strokes ahead of Harriet Kitaka and Gloria Mbaguta, who tied for second with 238gross each after the three rounds. Meron Kyomugisha finished fourth, five strokes away, and will partake of the sh2m for the ladies. The top six men will share out sh6m.
Top ten men
Joseph Cwinyaai 63 71 66 200
Anthony Otukei 79 70 67 213
Lawerence Walakira 76 73 70 219
Joseph Kasozi 72 72 75 219
Joseph Akena 73 73 74 220
Andrew Ssekibejja 74 75 72 221
Peter Mayende 77 76 70 223
Ibrahim Bagalana 73 78 72 223
Godfrey Kambale 80 76 69 225
Top five ladies
Peace Kabasweka 76 77 81 234
Harriet Kitaka 84 76 78 238
Gloria Mbaguta 78 76 84 238
Meron Kyomugisha 81 80 78 239
Martha Babirye 79 84 80 243
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