This Saturday 14th of January will welcome back the golf action as the Kenya Airways Golf series resumes at the Nyeri Golf club. This will be the 1st event of the series in 2012 With Over 260 players having already registered to take part in the 2011/2012 series that will be played across 17 countries in Africa.
The tournament teed off in September 2011 and will last for upto 6 months with the final matches expected to be played in February 2012.
35 tournaments will be played in 17 countries across the continent including Egypt in North Africa, Cameroon in Central Africa and Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal in West Africa. In the southern Africa, the tee off Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa. The team will also penetrate to Island nation of Seychelles while East Africa will host the tournaments in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya.
In an aim to get the KQ golf series global recognition, KQ had also earlier announced their vision to sponsor an additional feature in the 2011/12 series as the event goes beyond African borders to Asia.Bangkok in Thailand and Guangzhou in China will host the first 2 tournaments outside the African soils.
The event is operating under the theme Fly and Drive.
Information courtesy of kenyagolfguide.co.ke
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