Ociti, Musuya excel at Hisense Junior Golf Open
David GOMBE
2024 Uganda Junior Golf Open:
Overall Top performers (Gross):
Men:
Winner: Cosmos Ociti (Entebbe Club) – 70
1st Runners up: Ibrahim Ssemakula (Lugazi Hills) – 71
2nd Runners up: Charles Junju (Mary Louise Simkins) – 74
Women:
Winner: Winnie Musuya (Lugazi Hills) – 79
1st Runners up: Laura Natukunda (Toro club) – 80
2nd Runners up: Bholim Ariana (Uganda Golf Club) – 82
The 2024 Uganda Junior Golf Open Hisense championship was successfully held at Entebbe Golf club on Saturday, 17th August.
The event attracted over 144 junior golfers from 11 clubs in Uganda. National Council of Sports Chairman Ambrose Tashobya was the chief guest at the climax of the event.
“The future of Ugandan golf is the juniors. The future is bright. Sport is beneficial in so many ways. It prepares you as good future men and women. Be student-athletes. Focus on education and your sport to secure yourself a very good future. Be dedicated to achieving what you want to be,” Said Tashobya.
Entebbe’s Cosmos Ociti and Lugazi Hills’ Winnie Musuya were the overall winners in both the male and female categories respectively.
Ociti scored 1-under-70 to emerge as the best in the male category while Musuya scored 8-over-79 to topple the rest of the females.
Musuya was also rewarded with a gold medal, a trophy and a 40-inch television screen for her hard-toiled efforts courtesy of main sponsors Hisense.