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Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWEAN professional golfer Robson Chinhoi bounced back in the last two rounds to grab the Safari Tour’s Season Four at the par 72 Vet Lab Sports Club course in Nairobi, Kenya, yesterday.
Chinhoi has enhanced his road to Kenya open a European tour co-sanctioned event with his third victory.
The Royal Harare-based player, who is expected back in the country for the upcoming NAC pro-am in a fortnight, also had fellow countryman Tafara Mpofu who had a good first round finish sixth.
By carding a two-under-par 70 in the final round of the second leg in the Kenya Open Golf Limited, Chinhoi bagged 50 points towards the Order of Merit, and the winner’s trophy.
Chinhoi bogeyed the second and third holes after making the first birdie at the par five-fifth hole and added one more at the par three-eighth to level the nine en-route to the back nine where he birdied the 12th and 15th for the day’s two under par and a tournament aggregate of five under 283 winning by two shots from Sigona’s Mohit Mediratta, home pro Mike Kisia and round two leader Greg Snow.
Mediratta closed the tournament with a fine four under par 68, a round that included six birdies and a bogey in each nine, for an aggregate of three under par 285 to tie at second place with Kisia and Snow.
Now all action heads for the third round at the Great Rift Valley Golf Resort in Naivasha this coming weekend after the opening leg at Sigona and the Vet Lab rounds.
The final leader board
Robson Chinhoi (Zimbabwe) 71, 74, 68, 70= 283
Mohit Mediratta 78, 71, 68, 68= 285
Mike Kisia 74, 74, 66, 71= 285
Greg Snow 74, 70, 70, 71= 285
Simon Ngige 74, 72, 69, 72= 287
Tarafa Mpofu (Zimbabwe) 69, 76, 71, 76- 292
Edwin Mudanyi 78, 73, 70, 74= 295.
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