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01 - 04 Mar 2001
Muthaiga GC, Nairobi, Kenya
A birdie-four at the first extra hole of a sudden death playoff in Nairobi enabled Ashley Roestoff to pip Andrew Sherborne and keep the Tusker Kenya Open in South African hands. The pair had finished tied on 13-under-par 271 after Roestoff had returned a best-of-the-day 65 to Sherborne’s 70.
Andrew Sherborne will end nine winless years if he can keep his lead through Sunday’s final round of the Tusker Kenya Open in Nairobi. The 39-year-old Bristolian, whose last tour victory was the 1992 Spanish Open and who lost his tour card at the end of 1999, leads by two
Alan McLean, Scottish born but based in South Africa, provided a sting in the tail for the first round of the Tusker Kenya Open in Nairobi, the opening tournament on this year's European Challenge Tour.
Pos Name (Country) R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Par Euro1 Ashley ROESTOFF (SA ) 73 65 68 65 271 -17 19879.382 Andrew SHERBORNE (Eng ) 66 67 68 70 271 -17 13244.963 Alvaro SALTO (Sp ) 69 69 66 69 273 -15 7469.684 Mark FOSTER (Eng ) 69 70 67
Andrew Sherborne maintained his fine form with the putter to romp to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Tusker Kenya Open in Nairobi.
The 2001 European Challenge Tour gets underway in familiar surroundings this week when it makes its annual safari to Africa for the Tusker Kenya Open.
Official prize money breakdown of €119,323 for the Tusker Kenya Open.
