South Africa retain continental women’s golf title in Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
South Africa retained the All Africa Challenge Trophy team title, ahead of Kenya and Tanzania, while hosts Nigeria finished fourth. Fourteen-year-old Kenyan Kanana Muthomi won the individual event with 229 shots, according to Leadership.
South Africa won the All Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) team title for the second consecutive time, the continental women’s golf championship, after three rounds at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja, according to Leadership. Kenya finished second ahead of Tanzania, while hosts Nigeria took fourth place.
After 36 holes, South Africa already had a seven-shot lead over Kenya, with a combined score of 309 to 316. Tanzania were third on 325 and Nigeria fourth on 327. The competition featured three players per team, with the two best scores from each team counting towards the total for each round, Leadership reports.
Kenya nevertheless won the individual title through 14-year-old Kanana Muthomi. The Kenyan golfer carded 75 in the final round for a gross total of 229 over 54 holes, after two rounds of 77, finishing six shots ahead of South African Isabella Ferreira, who was second with 235. Muthomi had taken the individual lead after the second round and retained it to the finish, according to Leadership.
Botswana finished fifth, ahead of Uganda, Zambia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and Ghana. For Nigeria, fourth place kept the hosts off the podium. The tournament brought together female golfers from several African countries for a competition focused on the development of women’s golf on the continent, Leadership reports.
