{"id":433208,"date":"2011-05-31T08:55:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T08:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/31\/wanzala-sets-focus-on-burundi-open\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T08:55:23","slug":"wanzala-sets-focus-on-burundi-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/31\/wanzala-sets-focus-on-burundi-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanzala Sets Focus On Burundi Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"25.1046153846\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oscar Balyejusa and Innocent Ndawula<\/p>\n<p>31 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Jinja \u2014 After lifting the Eskom Source of Nile Open trophy almost a fortnight ago, Fred Wanzala is looking to keep in tiptop form as he seeks silverware abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Wanzala received a one-year sponsorship offer from Eskom Uganda and it is on that basis that he will invade Bujumbura later today for the Burundi Open, set for June 1-4, a strong man. &#8220;I showed a lot of consistency and putted well during the Eskom tourney. I feel I am ready to take on the region&#8217;s elite,&#8221; said the 21-year-old national team star.<\/p>\n<p>Wanzala will be the nation&#8217;s amateur flag bearer in the four-day 72-hole tournament that attracts golfers from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. &#8220;I have been there (Burundi) twice and I know the conditions well,&#8221; said Wanzala before highlighting the importance of the timely sponsorship from Eskom. &#8220;With such good sponsorship, I have nothing to worry about. I am targeting a top three finish and enlighten my chances of going pro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When he returns from Burundi, Wanzala will also line up among other amateurs in the Professionals Qualifier scheduled for next week at the par-72 Uganda Golf Club (UGC) Kitante course.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taken from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105310167.html\" title=\"Wanzala Sets Focus On Burundi Open\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wanzala Sets Focus On Burundi Open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Oscar Balyejusa and Innocent Ndawula 31 May 2011 Jinja \u2014 After lifting the Eskom Source of Nile Open trophy almost a fortnight ago, Fred Wanzala is looking to keep in tiptop form as he seeks silverware abroad. Wanzala received a one-year sponsorship offer from Eskom Uganda and it is on that basis that he will invade Bujumbura later today for the Burundi Open, set for June 1-4, a strong man. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":433209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-433208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wanzala Sets Focus On Burundi Open - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/31\/wanzala-sets-focus-on-burundi-open\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wanzala Sets Focus On Burundi Open - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Oscar Balyejusa and Innocent Ndawula 31 May 2011 Jinja \u2014 After lifting the Eskom Source of Nile Open trophy almost a fortnight ago, Fred Wanzala is looking to keep in tiptop form as he seeks silverware abroad. 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