Strong field of golfers are expected to tee off for the 2-day 2015 Tororo Cement Golf Open edition this weekend.
Golfers from all over golf-clubs in the country and guests from Kenya (Mumias, Kakamega, Eldoret and Kitale in Western Kenya) will battle the course in Eastern Uganda at the par 72, 9-hole picturesque course.
Scratch golfer, Gerald Kabuye easily over came a strong field of over 80 golfers returned the best gross score of 149 (145 nett) over the 2 day tourney to take the overall prize last year.
The Annual event that is organised by Tororo Club and is sponsored by Tororo Cement with the professional players expected to play in the two day tournament with 5 million shillings as they kitty for the event.
Dennis Angugo carded an amazing score of 147 to top the other 14 professionals that included Kenyan top professional, Dismas Ndiza.
The ladies’ category, Lugazi golf clubs’ Ritah Mukasine will look to defend her crown, last year she returned a total gross score of 185 over 36 holes to emerge winner for the overall prize.
It will be a perfect build up for golfers from various regions in the country ahead of the much anticipated Castle Lite Inter Region golf tournament that will be held at the par 71 Entebbe Club in Entebbe next weekend.