Teen golf sensation Cherono Kipkorir lit up the Royal Nairobi Golf Club on Saturday, September 13, producing a commanding performance to clinch the Overall Gross Lady Winner title at the 2025 NCBA Golf Series.
The 15-year-old handicap-7 star, who famously won the same leg of the series back in 2021 aged just 11, returned a score of 79 gross to outclass her peers and seal a golden ticket to the Grand Finale at Muthaiga Golf Club on November 28, 2025.
Royal Nairobi Club champion Kevin Juma also rose to the occasion, carding 71 gross off handicap 2 to secure the Overall Men Winner crown from a record field of 263 golfers.
Other winners on the day included Brian Gachuba (Division One, 39 points), John Juma (Division Two Men, 44 points), Flora Mutahi (Division Two Ladies, 44 points), and Tribhovan Chavda (Division Three, 43 points).
Cherise Wachira (handicap 11) was crowned Junior Winner with 37 points, joining Cherono, Juma, John Juma, Mutahi, and Chavda as Royal Nairobi’s representatives at the finale.
Special awards went to Alex Kiome (Guest Winner, 38 points), Joseph Mokaya (Staff Winner, 36 points), with Wachira and Collins Too taking the longest drives.
Hesbon Odumbe and Mary Cox claimed the nearest-to-the-pin prizes.
NCBA Kenya Managing Director James Gossip congratulated the winners, noting: “I hope everyone enjoyed today even as we gear toward the Grand Finale at Muthaiga. At NCBA, we will continue giving golfers a platform to grow not just on the course, but also in life.”
Elsewhere at the Coast, Elvis Muigua dethroned defending champion Michael Karanga to win the Malindi Open Vasco da Gama Cup at Malindi Golf Club on Sunday.
Muigua, fresh from his triumph at the Diani Beach Masters, tied on 9-over-par 219 with Ebill Omollo and Karanga before prevailing in a tense three-hole playoff.
He carded rounds of 74, 70, and 75, while Omollo posted 73, 77, 69 and Karanga 71, 70, 78. The win lifted Muigua’s Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (KAGC) points tally to 1316, strengthening his third-place standing behind John Lejirma (2050) and Karanga (1740).
