Zonke zilungiselelwe i-50 ye-Kenya Open Golf Championship e-Muthaiga Golf Club ukusuka nge-22-25 kaMatshi. Lo mnyhadala uphawula ukuqala koKhenketho lwaseYurophu, watsho uMphathiswa uBalala ngaphambi kokuba acaphule uBob Hope irharha laseMelika elakhe lathi: “Ukuba ubukela umdlalo, uyonwabisa. Ukuba uyayidlala, kukuzonwabisa. Ukuba usebenza kuyo, yigalufa,”

UMphathiswa uNajib Balala ubeka umzamo omkhulu emva kweziganeko zokuqinisekisa ukuba iKenya ihlala ibonakala kwiLizwe lezoKhenketho. “Sizibophelele ekuqhubekeni nokuxhasa imisitho yezemidlalo, efana neKenya Open Golf Championship, ebonelela ngababukeli bamazwe ngamazwe abanokusetyenziselwa ukuthengisa iKenya njengendawo yokhenketho lwezemidlalo”.

Imisitho yezemidlalo njengoko injalo kwimisitho yenkcubeko isetyenziswa ngakumbi nangakumbi ukunceda ukwandisa ukubonakala kweendawo zokhenketho. Ezi ziganeko zihenda amaphephandaba asuka kwiimarike ezingundoqo zokhenketho ukuba baye kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo kuba banento eyahlukileyo abanokuyibhala.