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Handicap 3, Michael Ngene in action during the 11th Mountain Classic golf tournament at Kiambu Golf Club, July 7, 2019. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

From the earliest days of golf, as our forebears got into an insidious competition between nature, the golf courses and fellow men, they started looking for a way of measuring the skill level.

Even though the golfers may have had golf swings, equipment and golf balls that would make the modern-day professional cringe, they went about their rounds of golf merrily.

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