Zimbabwe Golf Association (ZGA) President and Head of Delegation Martin Chikwana has rallied behind the country's golfers who are taking part in the African Amateur Golf Championship tournament which is currently underway at the Leopard Creek Golf course in Mpumalanga South Africa.
The event teed off on Wednesday and ends tomorrow with 72 male golfers from 23 countries competing for the top honours while the women's invitational tournament has 21 golfers from across the continent taking part
“This is the second time that this competition is being hosted and we expert our golfers to do well in the competition, building on how they performed last year where we had four golfers and of mention will be Matthew Bramford who finished 4th while Keegan Shutt shot 10 under par 62 and went on to set a new course record,” Chikwana said.
Interestingly young Zimbabwean golfer Tanaka Chatora had a dream start to the Africa Amateur Championship shooting a brilliant 7 - under par 65 to take a two stroke lead after the first round of the competition at Leopard Creek Golf Course on Wednesday.
Chikwana added that the event is also going to be an opportunity for the Zimbabwe Golf Association leadership to engage with the R&A to reflect on the progress being made on the number of the projects that are currently being implemented with the assistance of R&A.
ZGA expresses gratitude to R&A for their continued support to the golf programmes and in particular the funding of this tournament from Air fares, accommodation for the player and officials.
Zimbabwe is being represented by 11 players ,eight male golfers and three female.
The male golfers who are competing in the tournament are , Vincent Chidambazina (Hillside Golf Club Mutare), Kelvin Muchenje ( ZRP Golf Club Harare), Keegan Shutt (Royal Harare Golf Club), Darlington Chikanyambidze (Royal Harare Golf Club), Shepherd Chiwaya (Wingate Park Golf Club Harare), Elton Zulu (Bindura Golf Club), Michael Wallace ( Royal Harare Golf Club) and Chatora (Royal Harare Golf Club).
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The three female golfers are Primrose Chikwaya, Miriam Masiya and Danielle Bekker .
The players were selected according to their World Amateur Golf Ranking, previous performance at the All Africa Golf Team Championship Tournament which was held in bulawayo last year October.
The competition is not a team event but an individual event.
