adminTakudzwa Chitsiga
Sports Reporter
AFTER winning the Kinshasa Open at the Golf Club de Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwean professional golfer Robson Chinhoi will return to the Central African country for this week’s Lubumbashi Open which tees off this morning at Lubumbashi Golf Club.
Royal Harare-based Chinhoi will be joined by Nyasha Muyambo and Visitor Mapwanya who were also part of the field when the trio took part in the Kinshasa Open last week. Chinhoi celebrated yet another victory on the African circuit and is expected to do well in his second event in the DRC this year. Chapman-based professional golfer Muyambo believes he will do well after he finished on position 17 in last week’s tournament with rounds of 76, 80 and 75.
“I think I am ready for the challenge and I look forward to improve from my previous week’s outing. I have been practicing hard throughout the week. “I am now used to the hot temperatures in DRC and I think it will help me a lot. “The tournament will also help me see how well prepared I am for the upcoming ZPGA Tour tournaments coming up this month,” said Muyambo.
In the last event the leading Zimbabwe professional in the Safari and East African Tour Chinhoi walked away with US$10 000 and a floating trophy for his victory.
The gifted Zimbabwean, who is a serial winner on the East-Africa-based Safari Tour, had to work hard for his last victory as he began the final round in sixth position and three shots off the lead after carding rounds of 70 and 76.
Mapwanya, on the other hand, had the first-round lead in the Kinshasa Open tournament after firing an opening 69 but followed that up with scores of 77 and 78 to settle for a solo 10th place finish.
Mapwanya has been in good form and recently won the Chevron Golf Tour’s Mapungubwe Challenge in Ndola, Zambia.
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