Uganda: Akope Challenges Mates to Sparkle

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The Monitor (Kampala)

Innocent Ndawula

30 June 2011

Kampala — Uganda Professional Golfers Association captain Deo Akope is rallying his teammates to step up and shine in this year’s KCB East African Golf Tour.

Uganda Golf Club (UGC) will be hosting the third leg of the tour during the weekend of July 6-9 and Akope is demanding a better display than last year when he was the only local player with mention-worthy displays in the event. “There has been some hard work done by the guys and there is more commitment being shown. They know they have to deliver apart from flying the national flag, golf is also their job,” Akope said on Tuesday after UGC received Shs95m from KCB Bank as facilitation for hosting the showpiece.

KCB Bank earlier this year disclosed a sponsorship package of Kshs8.7m (Shs243m) for the tour. The package includes a bonus for the best-placed professionals and a prize purse of Kshs1m (an estimated Shs27m) for the Pro-Am golfers that will be drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda legs.

“This tournament aims at promoting and maintaining the international standards of golf in the country and region at large,” said Martin Owiny, the KCB Uganda director. The eight-month long tour will culminate into a grand finale at the Nyali Golf and Country Club, Mombasa in Kenya.

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