Kenya: Golf - Kenya Born Professional Wins Canadian Tour Card - AllAfrica.com

Larry NgalaNairobi

Kenya born Nipponese professional golfer, So Kobayashi, is now a member of the Canadian Professional Golfers Association(PGA) Tour.

Kobayashi earned the Canadian Tour card last calendar month when he fired a four units of ammunition entire of three over par 289 to bind in 14th topographic point out of 119 players, during the Tour Qualifying School at Carlton Oaks Country Baseball Club in San Diego California.

A boy of Republic Of Kenya based Nipponese sport booster Sunichi Kobayashi, So shot units of ammunition of 67, 73, 72 and 77 during the qualifying event from March 25 to 28, to an freedom in the 2008 Canadian Tour series.

Born in Capital Of Kenya in 1981, So moved to United States in 2000 after his high school studies. He joined Grand Canyon State State University where he played most of his recreational golf game though turned professional soon after his university education.

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He have since then tried his fortune in a figure of domestic circuits in the USA, Japan, South Africa and later Canada.

Also a member of Kenya's professional golf game body, the Professional Golfers of Kenya(PGK), Kobayashi was in Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Kenya early this twelvemonth where he hoped to acquire an ask for to play in the Tusker Kenya Open but was not so successful.

He however featured in a figure of local events including the PGK Masters.