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ROOKIE RANPURA WINS AIG TITLE: Handicap 23 golfer recovers from poor start to bag top honours

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SPORTS-GOLF-VIMAL RANPURA;Vimal Ranpura displays his trophy at the club house on Saturday,027th August,2016 night.The Nyali Golfer was the overall winner on 40 count back points of the 2016 AIG sponsored golf tournament played at Nyali Course in Mombasa on Saturday,027th August,2016.PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

Home Club’s little golfer Vimal Ranpura carded an excellent 40 count back 40 stable ford points to emerge the overall winner of the AIG golf tournament played at the par 71 Nyali golf and Country club course.

Despite a false start, posting a double bogey on the first par five hole, the handicap 23 golfer managed to recover in subsequent holes to level five pars and played mixed bogey shots on the rest of both nines to lead the board.

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