Byamukama keeps away from professional golf
Dec 16, 2008
DOMINANT golfer Vincent Byamukama has resisted the tempting money in the professional ranks and decided to remain an amateur for at least one more season.
By Douglas Mazune
DOMINANT golfer Vincent Byamukama has resisted the tempting money in the professional ranks and decided to remain an amateur for at least one more season.
Byamukama, who sealed back-to-back national championships after winning the Kinyara Open in Masindi last weekend, will instead turn professional not before the 2010 season.
The 23-year-old Byamukama who narrowly missed the cut-off points in the Uganda Professional Golfers Association (UPGA) mid-season, wants to contribute to the national team success.
“Many of the players in the national team are young,†Byamukama explained.
“I think I need to keep around next year to offer some experience to the team. Time for making money will come.There’s no need to rush,†Byamukama explained.
Byamukama, the 2007 Uganda telecom-USPA golfer of the year, was again dominant in the Uganda Golf Union (UGU) stroke-play championship this year.
With his contemporaries turning to the lucrative professional game where they play for prize-money, he is likely to be dominant next season again.
He will only have Jinja based Ian Odokonyera and Fred Wanzala from his generation as his main challengers.
The youngster took up the game as a caddie at the Entebbe Club about ten years ago.
Byamukama rose gradually to storm the class of the sport’s brilliant players.
DOMINANT golfer Vincent Byamukama has resisted the tempting money in the professional ranks and decided to remain an amateur for at least one more season.
Byamukama, who sealed back-to-back national championships after winning the Kinyara Open in Masindi last weekend, will instead turn professional not before the 2010 season.
The 23-year-old Byamukama who narrowly missed the cut-off points in the Uganda Professional Golfers Association (UPGA) mid-season, wants to contribute to the national team success.
“Many of the players in the national team are young,†Byamukama explained.
“I think I need to keep around next year to offer some experience to the team. Time for making money will come.There’s no need to rush,†Byamukama explained.
Byamukama, the 2007 Uganda telecom-USPA golfer of the year, was again dominant in the Uganda Golf Union (UGU) stroke-play championship this year.
With his contemporaries turning to the lucrative professional game where they play for prize-money, he is likely to be dominant next season again.
He will only have Jinja based Ian Odokonyera and Fred Wanzala from his generation as his main challengers.
The youngster took up the game as a caddie at the Entebbe Club about ten years ago.
Byamukama rose gradually to storm the class of the sport’s brilliant players.