The 6th Edition of the Castle Lite Entebbe Golf Open Tournament gets underway on Thursday.

6^th Edition Entebbe Golf Open (6^th – 8^th)

National Teams and Gros Players 72 holes: (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

Pros: 36 Holes

Subsuduary Handicap 7 and above: 18 holes (Saturday)

The 6^th Edition of the Entebbe Golf Open Tournament gets underway on Thursday November 6^th with five East African National teams and Gros players teeing off at the Golf Course. There will be a special appearance from Kitale and Eldoret Golf Clubs from Kenya. Uganda Ladies Open Champion Flavia Namakula will be in action on Saturday.

Entebbe Golf Club will be marking 113 years during the 6th Edition of the Golf Tournament. Sponsors Castle lite injected Seventy Millions Shillings (Shs 70m) in the Tournament.

Number of players expected are 60 for the main event that is handicap 6 and below. Players have been registered from Kilembe, Tooro, Mbarara, Palm Valley, Entebbe, Jinja and Lugazi. ( 18 holes Thursday, 36 holes Friday and 18 holes Saturday).

150 players are expected for the subsidiary from all the clubs in the country including Kitale and Eldoret Clubs from western Kenya that have confirmed attendance for the subsidiary event ( 18 holes Saturday) 19 pros are expected to tussle it out for a difficult 36 holes in one day (Friday) for the pro category.

Previous winners of the 6^th Edition.

2009 – G.A Sheepers

2010 – James Odong

2011 – Kasana Noah

2012 – Amale Boney

2013 – Kateeba Allan

Team Uganda: (Manager : Amos Kamya,Rugumayo Ronald, Happy Robert, Muhenda Lawrence, Adolf Muhumuza)

Team Kenya: (Manager: Andew Chelegoi: Tahir Mohamed, Alfred Nandwa, Nelson Simwa, Kirichu John)

Team Rwanda: (Manager :Franco Nkumba : Celestine, Alfonse .N, Rutayisire Emma, Afrodis Nyirikwa)

Team Burundi (Manager: John Kisiol: Abdul Djabar, Abdul Bizimana, Koudra .N, Simbagoye Jean)