Outward nines form anchors Machakos hotelier to victory with 44 Stableford points

The Standard County Golf Classic overall winner David Kimanthi at Machakos Sports Club, March 30, 2019. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Machakos based hotelier David Kimanthi returned a sterling score of 44 Stableford points to claim the Standard County Golf Classic overall prize at the par 72 Machakos Sports Club course over the weekend.

Playing off handicap 21, Kimanthi, a member of Royal Nairobi Golf Club, shot a great outward nine from where he collected pars on the par-five first, par-four fifth and par-three eighth hole. He bogeyed the par-four third, par four fourth, par-four sixth and par-four seventh before icing it with a birdie on the par-five ninth having scratched the par-three second, for a neat opening round total of 23 Stableford points.