Four local amateur golfers have qualified for the 2026 Africa Golf Confederation Region 5 Championship to be held from May 4 to 10 in Eswatini.
The golfers are Victor Khamalatha, Peter Lumbe, Medson Roka and Blessings Roka.
Golf Union of Malawi (GUoM) held the qualifiers at Lilongwe Golf Club from Saturday to Sunday.
GUoM President Gift Kawamba said he was confident that the golfers would do well.
“We have identified good crop of golfers for the tourney. We are optimistic that they will perform and do us proud,” Kawamba said.
- Advertisement -
He said the players will continue their preparations ahead of the championship.
Lead organiser of the qualifiers Chipiliro Zanda said the performance of the players met the union’s expectations.
“The qualifiers were competitive and all the players showed that we have good players. This is giving us hope that we will do well in Eswatini,” Zanda said.
On his part, Roka said he was excited for qualifying for the tournament.
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
“It was a competitive tournament and all the players prepared well. We will go to Eswatini as a team so we need to prepare well because it will be tougher,” Roka said.
The qualifiers attracted amateur golfers with handicaps ranging from 0 to 10.
Ten countries including hosts Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Lesotho and Botswana will take part in the championship.
