The dry course took its toll on most golfers as the format of play caused problems at the Castle Lite Inter region tournament on Friday.
Lawrence Muhenda
A dry spell that has hit most parts of the country, also affected the Kilembe Club course. The course was not only dry but the greens were bumpy.
At the same time, some golfers were not up to terms with the match play scoring system as the 26th edition of the 36-hole rolled off.
The annual Uganda Golf Union attracted Western, Buganda and Eastern teams.
Buganda’s Phillip Kasozi, the 2011 Uganda Open champion, was one the players who found the model of play confusing during the opening round.
He played two over par against West’s Timothy Okwi but completed without knowing his fate, only to be told that he had actually squared it out with his opponent who has a high handicap.
“It’s a good and an easy course but it’s the model of play that is a bit confusing,” Kasozi said after holing out.
But Western team’s youngsters Ronald Otile, Lawrence Muhenda, Titus Okwong and Denis Otim were comfortable with the format and posted impressive scores.
They are acquainted with the format having used it in other events as members of the national team.
Some of their opponents were facing the format for the first time.
Match play is a scoring system in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they post better results over their opponents.
This is different, for instance, to stroke play in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes.
By Michael Nsubuga in Kasese, The New Vision
