Tanzania's Madina eyes Uganda Open after winning UGC Ladies Open

Playing on a foreign course did not matter to Tanzanian lady golfer Iddy Madina playing on a foreign course as she went on to win the 2024 Uganda Golf Club (UGC) Ladies Open on Saturday at Kitante. 

She carded a gross of 230 (78,76,76) after a three-day contest that attracted 24 gross lady players and several subsidiary entries of both men and seniors. 

She beat Uganda’s Peace Kabasweka who finished at 235 (80,78,77) and Meron Kyomugusha who finished third with 237 (82,97,76) points. 

“God has blessed me by winning the club open. I am still waiting for next week to compete in the Uganda Open which I have never won. Coming early was a strategy for adaptation and I am looking for positive results in Entebbe,” noted Madina from Gymkhana Golf Club in Arusha. 

Madina, handicap 1.9 also won the Zambian Ladies Open in Lusaka this year and hopes to make a mark next weekend, especially with a boost from seven other Tanzanians destined for the tournament. 

She earned a Uganda Airlines business ticket, dinner for two at Serena, and other goodies while Kabasweka also won a business class ticket. 

Kabasweka said she is looking to defend the Uganda Open that role next week at Entebbe despite finishing second. 

“The UGC event was tough on a windy. The greens were also hard but it was a learning experience. I am going for approach game training this week to defend the title,” noted Kabasweka, who also had the longest drive award. 

Uganda Golf Union ladies captain, Doreen Mwesigye hailed the participants for the fourth edition of the ladies’ club tournaments. 

“We have a circuit of 10 tournaments at different clubs and the overall winner will be crowned at the end of the year,” she noted. 

Iddy Madina won the 2024 Uganda Golf Club Ladies Open at Kitante

Wendy Angudeyo, the UGC ladies captain hailed all the sponsors for the tournament and the foreign players from Ghana, South Sudan, Japan, and China who played as they waited for the Uganda Open. 

UGC Ladies Open Winners 

1.  Iddy Madina (TZ) 230 Gross

2.  Peace Kabaseeka 235

3.  Meron Kyomugisha 237

Ladies Silver Net Winners 

1.  Lillian Koowe (Ghana) 211 

2.  Gloria Mbaguta 216 

3.  Wendy Angudeyo 220 

Ladies Silver Gross Winners 

1.  Harriet Kitaka 80 

2.  Martha Babirye 80 

3.  Judith Kyomugisha 80 

Ladies Bronze Net Winners 

1.  Faith Namara 134 

2.  Peace Hellen 145 

3.  Charity Atuhairwe 145c/b 

Gross Winner 

Jackie Kwesiga 195 

Ladies Bronze Winner 

Senior Winner 

1.  Katy Kabenge 146 

2.  Grace Obua 150 

Gross Amateurs Men 

1.  Joseph Cwinyaai 219 

2.  Joseph Kasozi 220 

3.  Andrew Sekibejja 226c/b

Longest drive 

Men - Isaiah Tugumenawe 

Women - peace Kabasweka 

Nearest to the Pin 

Men – Earnest Rukundo 

Women – Martha Babirye 

Hole in One 

Alexander Kasendwa