adminedition of the Lowveld Pro-Am.
The Tongaat Huletts-sponsored tournament has attracted local and international golfers with Zambia offering the biggest number of foreign participants. The Lowveld Pro-Am becomes the sixth major Zambezi Tour tournament and is expected to see top golfers battling it out for honours. Defending champion Robson Saurombe has a spring in his step ahead of the tournament.
“I will try my best to defend my title. Everyone plays to win.
“My game is good and I think I will play my best game having prepared well for the tournament.”
Saurombe won the last local tournament, which was the second edition of the NetOne golf series at Leopard Rock last month.
Ignatius Mketekete, coming from an impressive performance in the Zambia Open, remains the major drawcard.
Mketekete has two Golden Pilsiner Zambezi Tour titles to his credit this season will be in high spirits after a fine performance in zambia.
He has emerged as the leading home-based professional golfer and showed it with a good run at Nchanga Golf Club in Chingola, Zambia.
The tournament attracted 99 golfers. Mketekete retained scores of 70, 68, 71 and 73 for a six-under-par 282. With the South Africans dominating the field Mketekete was tied with Matthew Carvell, Lindani Ndwandwe, Martin Maritz Tyrone Mordt and Jake Roos – all from Mzansi.
He walked away R18 580 richer.
Two-time Sunshine Tour winner, Tongoona Charamba, was 42nd after shooting 73, 74, 72 and 72.
Julius Kamalizeni made the cut and eventually finished in 46th place as Tranos Muradzikwa finished in 59th place while Mohammad Mandhu and Day Muyambo failed to make the cut.
Doug McGuigan of South Africa won the tournament.
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