Day One of the Tusker Malt Uganda Open Pros Championship has put Deo Akope, a former two-time winner in the lead alongside Kenya’s Indiza Dismas.
Both players returned a score of 69 at the 72-par Kitante Golf Course and despite some rain earlier in the day, the players braced the course conditions to play out all the 18 holes.
In third place is Uganda’s Brian Mwesigwa and Philip Kasozi, both with 71, while Kenya’s Giddie Ganeev and Portugal’s Ferreira Stephen lie in fourth place both with 72.
There are still four more days of thrilling golf to be played, with defending champion Joshua Seale ending the day on 76 with 4 over par and hoping to improve his game going into day two.
The tournament has attracted players from other countries such as; Portugal, Zimbabwe, Zamiba, Namibia, Rwanda and Tanzania, with over 80 pro-golfers playing for a prize money of Shs145 million.
Tusker Malt Lager injected over Shs500 million into this year’s tournament as assurance to show its support for the development of the game golf in Uganda.
There has been an increase in the cash sponsorship from Shs230million to Shs250million.
