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Kenya Open winner to receive Sh20.5 million

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The pro winner of the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship presented by Absa will receive Euros 183,330 (equivalent to Sh20.5 million), according to the tournament’s prize fund breakdown released yesterday.

The prize money, the biggest payout to the winning pro since the tournament’s inception in 1967, is more than double what Lorenzo Gagli, winner of the 2018 Kenya Open Golf Championship, took home (Euros 80,000) and is in line with the tournament’s prize kitty increase following its admission to the European Tour.

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