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Local players in Kenya Open qualifying series receive financial boost from Absa Group

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Barclays Kenya Marketing and Corporate Relations Director Caroline Ndungu (left) and golfer Simon Ngige at the Green Park golf course at the Great Rift Valley Lodge on Saturday November 23, 2019. [Standard Sports]

Simon Ngige, the top-ranked local during the Kenya Open in March is among nine Kenyan pros to who will benefit Sh5.2 million sponsorship by Absa Group Limited, operating in Kenya as Barclays.

The nine professional golfers are locked in the Safari Tour golf series in the run-up to 2020 Magical Kenya Open, presented by Absa, going on in Kenya and Uganda.

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