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How they finished last year
🔴 Uganda Golf ⛳ Open after 72 holes
✳ JR Akena 🇺🇬 73 73 71 70 | 287| +3
✳ J Cwinyaai 🇺🇬 72 73 73 70 | 288 | +4
✳ T. Okwong 🇺🇬 73 77 68 73 | 291| +7
✳ Semakula 🇺🇬 78 71 75 73 | 297 | +13
✳ Tumusiime 🇺🇬74 74 75 75| 298 | +14
Lugazi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Reagan Akena became one of the youngest ever winners in the history of the prestigious Uganda Golf Open with victory in Entebbe last year. He has a great opportunity to build on this success at this year’s edition that tees off today – at his own home course, the Lugazi Hills and Country Club.
All eyes will be on the 20-year-old champion when the 84th edition of the Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Golf Open gets underway for the next four days.
The Open has already produced some exciting results in the past two weeks, first with David Plenderleith and Catherine Pavie snatching the titles in the Seniors category in the first week, before Mercy Nyachama took the Ladies title last week after a dramatic sudden-death playoff against Tanzania’s Neema Olomi.
Fresh from a tour of the US, Akena will be the player to beat, as the course is where he learnt the basics of golf and went on to be one of its champions.
“I am set physically and mentally. I will be playing at home on a course that made me who I am” Akena remarked, in pre-event warm up quotes by Kawowo Sports.
Johnnie Walker is the headline sponsor of this 84th Amateur Open that attracted players from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Zambia.
DRAW
| TIME | GAME | NAME | TIME | GAME | NAME |
| 8:20 | 1 | YASSIN BOYI PETER ETOMET
AARON MUGOMOLA |
10:20 | 13 | JOHN MUSIIMENTA LOUIS KWIZERA IBRAHIM SSEMAKULA |
| 8:30 | 2 | JAMES MADIRA GAVIN BWAMBALE
ISIAKA DUNIA |
10:30 | 14 | JOSEPH CWINYAAI WASIM ALI
SALUM HAKIZIMANA |
| 8:40 | 3 | JOSEPH K. NGOBI SAMUEL BAZAALE FARUK ABUBAKAR | 10:40 | 15 | ABDUL KAKEETO JIMMY MATATA PETER TUMUSIIME |
| 8:50 | 4 | DERRICK MUSANA BRIAN MUGABE BRIAN MMANDE | 10:50 | 16 | ANTHONY OTUKEI MOSES MATSIKO MICHAEL TUMUSIIME |
| 9:00 | 5 | PAUL NDYAGUMA NIXON AMBOVI LAWRENCE WALAKIRA | 11:00 | 17 | ROBERT KATO JOSEPH KASOZI
ROBERT MABANO |
| 9:10 | 6 | DEACON OGOLLA PIUS OCHIENG ASUMAN TUMWESIGYE | 11:10 | 18 | JOSEPH R. AKENA SANDE LULET PAUL HABYARIMANA |
| 9:20 | 7 | JOSEPH KANOLERA PATRICK OKOTH JOSHUA SSENABULYA | 11:20 | 19 | GEORGE OGALLO JOEL OKOTH WALTER TUKAHIIRWA |
| 9:30 | 8 | CHARLES LWANGA SAMUEL NTUMWA COLLINS MWESIGWA | 11:30 | 20 | TITUS OKWONG IVAN J. SEKULIMA ANSELM OLWENY |
| 9:40 | 9 | ARISTIDE NGABIRE ELTON THEMBO IBRAHIM BAGALANA | 11:40 | 21 | ANDREW SSEKIBEJJA JUMA ABITI
DOMINIC MUSONDA |
| 9:50 | 10 | EDWARD NYATIA JOSEPH BAGABO JOSEPH DONARCHIE | 11:50 | 22 | DAVID BATANDA PIUS OMARA
AGGREY MUTAKA |
| 10:00 | 11 | ROGERS EYOYO MORRIS ASHABA ABDALLAH KAKOOZA | 12:00 | 23 | GODFREY KAMBALE SIMON BUSINGE WYCKLYF MARXMAN |
| 10:10 | 12 | JONATHAN HELSEY DOMINIC BUKENYA PETER MAYENDE |
✳ Uganda Amateur Golf Open Winners since 1932
1932 – H.Davidson (Uganda Golf Club)
1933 – H.Davidson (Uganda Golf Club)
1934 – R.W Hooker (Muthaiga Golf Club)
1935 – J.D Rankine (Uganda Golf Club)
1936 – J.D Rankine (Uganda Golf Clun)
1937 – H. Davidson (Uganda Golf Club)
1938 – R.W Bun (Mombasa Golf Club)
1939 – J.E Higginson
1940 – 1947 NOT HELD
1948 – D. F Stewart (Uganda Golf Club)
1949 – A.Q Roberts (Kitale Golf Club)
1950 – N.C Elwell (Uganda Golf Club)
1951 – N.C Elwell (Mwanza Golf Club)
1952 – J.R Cooke (Uganda Golf Club)
1953 – R.W Hooper (Nairobi Golf Club)
1954 – M.Johnson (Kabalae Golf Club)
1955 – J.R Oglive (Kitale Golf Club)
1956 – J.R Oglive (Kitale Golf Club)
1957 – Ian McAdam (Uganda Golf Club)
1958 – Brian Malone (Uganda Golf Club)
1959 – Ian McAdam (Uganda Golf Club)
1960 – Mike Johnson (Mbale Golf Club)
1961 – Mike Johnson (Mbale Golf Club)
1962 – Mike Johnson (Mbale Golf Club)
1963 – John Higginson (Uganda Golf Club)
1964 – John Higginson (Uganda Golf Club)
1965 – Muhammed Rajab (Nairobi Golf Club)
1966 – John Higginson (Uganda Golf Club)
1967 – I.Pattinson (Dar es Salaam Golf Club)
1968 – G.Burrows (Uganda Golf Club)
1969 – M.Rajab(Nairobi Golf Club)
1970 – M.Couma (Uganda Golf Club)
1971 – J. Kahugu (Sigona Golf Club)
1972 – Ben Okello (Masaka Golf Club)
1973 – Tom Taban (Uganda Golf Club)
1974 – Alex Okodan (Uganda Golf Club)
1975 – Ramathan Kayamba (Uganda Golf Club)
1976 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1977 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1978 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1979 – 1980 – Not held
1981 – Juma Jaffer (Uganda Golf Club)
1982 – Juma Jaffer (Uganda Golf Club)
1983 – Sadi Onito (Uganda Golf Club)
1984 – John Mucheru (Uganda Golf Club)
1985 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1986 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1987 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1988 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1989 – Allan Njoroge (Muthaiga Golf Club)
1990- Dedan Kagonyera (Kabale Golf Club)
1991 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1992 – Juma Jaffer (Uganda Golf Club)
1993 – John Gavin (Uganda Golf Club)
1994 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1995 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1996 – Sadi Onito (Jinja Golf Club)
1997 – Steven Birungi (Uganda Golf Club)
1998 – Steven Birungi (Uganda Golf Club)
1999 – Steven Birungi (Uganda Golf Club)
2000 – Deo Akope (Entebbe Golf Club)
2001 – Deo Akope (Entebbe Golf Club)
2002 – Deo Akope (Entebbe Golf Club)
2003 – Charles Yokwe (Jinja Golf Club)
2004 – David Odhiambo (Nyanza Golf Club)
2005 – Charles Yokwe (Jinja Golf Club)
2006 – Amos Kamya (Entebbe Golf Club)
2007 – Nicholas Rokoine (Muthaiga Golf Club)
2008 – George Olayo (Entebbe Golf Club)
2009 – Peter Ssendaula (Entebbe Golf Club)
2010 – Brian Mwesigwa (Kabale Golf Club)
2011 –Rogers Byaruhanga (Uganda Golf Club)
2012 – Phillip Kasozi (Uganda Golf Club)
2013 – Peter Ssendaula (Entebbe Golf Club)
2014 – Kitata (Entebbe Golf Club)
2015 – Ronald Otile (Tooro Golf Club)
2016 – Ronald Otile (Tooro Golf Club)
2017 – Ronald Rugumayo (Tooro Golf Club)
2018 – Ronald Otile (Tooro Golf Club)
2019 – Daniel Nduva (Nyali Golf and Country Club)
2020 – John Lejirma (Kenya Railway Golf Club)
2021 – Joseph Cwinya-ai (Tooro Golf Club)
2022 – Andrew Ssekibejja (Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa Club)
2023 – Godfrey Nsubuga ( Mehta club)
2024 – JOSEPH REAGAN AKENA (Mehta club)
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