Kenyan Justus Madoya climbed to ninth overall on Road to the 2020 Magical Kenya Open ranking after clinching the 2019 Entebbe Open Golf Tournament.
The fourth round of the 12 series East Africa Safari Tour ended on Saturday in Entebbe, Uganda.
Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort golfer shot a decent round of 68 to take his total for the tournament to 9-under par 275 and a maiden victory at the Safari Tour Golf Series.
His overall point tally ahead of the Magical Kenya now stands at 116.5.
With 275 shots after 72 holes, Madoya ended his Entebbe campaign eight strokes better than the challenger, establishing one of the largest wins in a Safari Tour event and having not played worse than 71 in each round.
His first nine on the final round was bogey-free, holing birdies at the par-4 third and the par-3 sixth for a total of 33.
On the back nine, he holed the round’s lone bogey at the par-3 10th before holing birdies at the par-4 13th and the par-5 18th for a total of 35.
For his stellar performance, Madoya won Sh167,000 (1,670 USD) and picked up maximum 50 points on the road to Kenya Open.
“The fact that we have now had four different winners so far confirms that, the series has become very competitive – which is good for all involved as well as the fans. I believe that if we continue like this, the local players will be more competitive at next year’s Kenya Open,” Madoya said after the rare victory.
Meanwhile, Johnnie-Walker-Sponsored Dismas Indiza finished his tour of Uganda with a decent round of 69 to take his total after 72 holes to 1-under par 283; which was enough to see him finish second.
He carded a total of 33 on the first nine courtesy of birdies at the fourth, eighth and ninth holes with a dropped shot at the seventh.
On the back nine, he carded a total of 36 courtesy of a double bogey on the 15th and birdies on the 14th and 18th.
Indiza amassed a total of 48 that cemented his place at the top of the ranking to the Road to the 2020 Magical Kenya Open with a total of 190.6 points from the four events.
Ugandan Herman Mutaawe finished third overall with a level-par 284 score.
Kopan Timbe tied in fourth place with a 1-over par 285 score, while Johnnie-Walker Sponsored Greg Snow and winner of the Nyali leg, finished in sixth place with a 2-over par 286 score.
With this performance, Snow is now second in the Road to the 2020 Magical Kenya Open ranking with a total of 174 points; while Riz Charania and Simon Ngige are tied in third with 166.6 points apiece.
Action in the 2019-2020 Safari Tour Golf Series resumes next week in Uganda at the Lake Serena Golf Resort Open from the 6th to the 9th of November.