Adel Taufiq Balala lines up his swing in the 2025 NCBA Kabete Open.
KPC Sports Reporter reports that the Kenya Amateur Golf Championship (KAGC) circuit starts this weekend as 130 players compete at VetLab Sports Club for the 13th annual NCBA Kabete Open.
Held from Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28, the event ranks among the toughest on the KAGC schedule, awarding World Amateur Golf Ranking points, Order of Merit credits, and part of a KES 500,000 prize fund.
Over 54 holes in stroke‑play, the cut trims the field to the leading 33 players plus ties after 36 holes, while the champion takes home KES 115,000.
Participants hail from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi, highlighting the tournament’s reputation as a leading East African amateur competition.
Top Order of Merit contender Jay Sandhu from Muthaiga Golf Club opens the field, alongside recent NCBA Ruiru Open victor Eugene Wafula.
Other notable players are Ebill Omollo, Elvis Muigua, and John Kamaisi, and former champion Adel Balala aims for a fourth Kabete Open title after wins in 2021, 2022, and 2024.
Rwanda’s Hitayezu Jean D’Amour, freshly triumphant at the NCBA Goldfields Trophy, joins compatriots Felix Dusabe, Alain Niyonkuru, Jacques Byiringiro, and Didas Kamusumari.
Uganda contributes Abraham Olupot, Michael Tumusiime, Godfrey Kambale, Cosmas Ocitti, Samuel Bazaale, and Elton Thembo.
With defending champion Pranay Kapur absent, the tournament is set to crown another winner, after his historic 2024 victory as the first foreign titleholder.
As the season reaches a pivotal point, competitors pursue important points while the battle for honors heats up.
NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora praised the event’s prestige, noting that the Kabete Open draws solid fields and mirrors the rise of amateur golf across Kenya and beyond.
The competition exemplifies NCBA’s wider dedication to nurturing golf through support of junior, amateur, professional, and club-level play.