Overview:
The Corporate Masters golf tournament at Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa, Kigo was headlined by DSTV for Business brand as the anchor sponsor with the rest of the partners as Unilever (OMO), MTN Uganda, Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), Sentas Tours and Travel, NSSF, Solana, G.A Insurance, Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa, among others.
1st Corporate Masters (Uganda) Golf Tournament:
Top Performers:
- Overall winner (Company): Team Master Power (Jadu Patel, Suresh Patel, John Muchiri and Dave Plenderleith) – 35.75 points
- Overall winner (Individual): Matthew Nviri – 46 points
- Male Winner: Andrew Kibaya – 43 points
- Female winner: Dinah Ongol Acen – 42 points
- Best Kenyan: Martin Kinyua – 39 points
Time immemorial, the enormous role played by the corporate family to the general development of sports has never been under-estimated.
Virtually, the corporates are the fulcrum and pivotal hinges of many sports disciplines as they provide the necessary financial resources that fuel the operations as procurement of equipment, preparation of facilities, payment of key actors as players, officials and other logistics, and the like.
It therefore goes without a saying that the first ever Corporate Masters golf tournament held in Uganda at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa facility would lure the attention it deserved.
The Corporate Masters golf tournament was headlined by DSTV for Business brand as the anchor sponsor with the rest of the partners as Unilever (OMO), MTN Uganda, Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), Sentas Tours and Travel, NSSF, Solana, G.A Insurance, Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa, among others.
Played on a first class championship course decimated by the gigantic Lake Victoria, the tournament was fully embraced by most corporate organizations and the high-end golfers led by the Deputy Speaker for the Parliament of Uganda Rt Hon. Thomas Tayebwa.
Rt. Hon Tayebwa played for MTN team five alongside Andrew Bugembe, Albert Gitta and Bridget Nakamoga, scoring 35.25 points to take a respectable runners’ up slot.
Different company Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s), managers, staff and the elite cluster of golfers took part in this day long championship.
Top performers:
Team Master Power comprising of Jadu Patel, Suresh Patel, John Muchiri and Dave Plenderleith scored 35.75 points to emerge as the overall winners.
MTN five (35.25 points) and MTN four (34.67 points – count back) were first and second runners up respectively.
The MTN four team had the likes of Nelson Musinguzi, Philip Walera and Rosette Tugume.
Individual performers:
Matthew Nviri scored 46 points to claim the overall winner’s gong ahead of Paul Ndyaguma (43 points – count back) and William Mpungu (43 points).
Andrew Kibaya was the men winner with 43 points whilst Dinah Ongol Acen (42 points) was the female winner.
Kibaya also stole the show with an eye-catching hole-in-one on hole no.7.
Martin Kinyua scored 39 points to bag the best overall prize for the most outstanding Kenyan on the day.
Side-bets:
Longest Drive:
Jonathan Lukyamuzi and Bridget Nakamoga drove longest for the men and females respectively.
Nearest to the pin:
Giel Pretorious was most understanding with the nearest to the pin shot as Evelyne Atukunda was the female winner.
Chipping Challenge:
Martin Kivumbi was best chipper on the practice green followed by Dinah Angol Acen.
Idah Bagaya, the Commercial Sales Manager DSTV for Business expressed excitement upon head-lining the first ever Corporate Masters Golf tournament in Uganda.
“As DSTV for Business, we are very excited upon sponsoring the inaugural edition of the Corporate Masters Golf tournament in Uganda at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa. There were over 200 golfers coming together from the different backgrounds. We yearn to foster the growth of golf in Uganda as we provide entertainment for the hospitality segment” Bagaya remarked.
Corporate Masters Golf brand official Martin Kinyua was overwhelmed by the response of the golfing family in Uganda.
“The Corporate Golf Masters was happening in Uganda for the very first time and we are very impressed by the response from the companies and the golfers. This is an event that not only targets the elite golfers, but also personalities who play golf for business. We intend to hold many more events in future.” Kinyua noted.
More events of a similar nature are being planned in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Australia.
