Kampala, Uganda | Phillip Corry | Ronald Rugumayo is the champion of the Professional category in the ongoing Uganda Golf Club Ladies Open. He clinched the title on Thursday with a score of 11 under par, 133 — 4 strokes over his closest challenger over 36 holes. Rugumayo was …
Read More »Harami team wins I&M Katogo Golf Series
Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Team Harami won the Daytona I & M golf series at Entebbe Club on Saturday with a total score of 609. Moses Ochole and Mulungi Sseruwo returned nett scores of 301 and 308 to beat a field of 79 teams that played on either …
Read More »UGC Ladies Open Tournament offers 6 days of exciting golf action, tees off today
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to highlight women’s leadership, entrepreneurship, wellness, and networking, the Uganda Golf Club (UGC) will, starting today, roll out 6 days of action in their annual UGC Ladies Open Golf Tournament. “We have an exciting week of golf that will also help …
Read More »Kamulindwa leads at Watoto Golf Tournament
Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Entebbe-based professional golfer David Amooti Kamulindwa took a 2 shot lead with a score of 5 under par 67 at the second edition of the Watoto Golf Tournament at Kitante. Kamulindwa sunk 5 birdies on hole 3, 5. 6, 8, 13 and 17 to put …
Read More »Abiria shines in NCBA Golf Series in Jinja
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | James Abiria won himself a fully paid trip to Muthiaga Golf Club in Nairobi for the Grand Finale of the NCBA Golf Series by coming top in the Jinja leg of the competition at the weekend with 43 points. Oyom Vicky (Ladies, 39 pts) and …
Read More »NCBA golf series swings into Jinja this weekend
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The NCBA Golf Series 2025 heads to Jinja this weekend, teeing up a thrilling mix of top-tier amateur golf, vibrant fanfare, and one of the event’s most anticipated showstoppers, a hole-in- one challenge with a brand-new Nissan Qashqai waiting at the 18th green. The …
Read More »Watoto Golf tournament to help raise sh350m to support vulnerable women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sh89 million was raised last year at the inaugural Watoto Golf tournament. The target this year is to again raise as much as sh350 million through sport, to enable Watoto Church care about the community its members live in. “I was living a …
Read More »Brian Toolit Memorial set to take center stage at Kitante
Kampala, Uganda | Phillip Corry | The spirit and memories of one of Uganda’s great golfers, Brian Toolit, will take centre stage from July 29-30 at the par 72, Kitante course. “We are organising this tournament in memory of our departed friend and brother Brian Toolit, who died recently,” Hassan …
Read More »Pearl of Africa Golf Series produces another close Rugumayo-Kibirige battle
Rugumayo wins POA finale at Lugazi Hills Golf & Country Club Lugazi, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & UGC MEDIA | Like it was at the inaugural Pearl of Africa Golf Series at Kitante in February, the battle for glory at the Lugazi final leg today ended in a close battle between professional golfers Marvin Kibirige …
Read More »Kasozi and Babirye finally win Pearl of Africa Series, Rugumayo leads the pros
Lugazi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Few would have tipped Joseph Kasozi to play in the pressure group of the gross amateur event at Lugazi Hills Golf & Country Club going into the final day of the Pearl of Africa series. In fact, fewer people would have tipped …
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