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Larry Ngala<\/p>\n

13 July 2011<\/p>\n

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Nairobi \u2014 Five of Kenya’s top amateur golfers have joined the Royal and Ancient\/United States Golf Association World Ranking list.<\/p>\n

Leading at 728 is South Africa-based Stefan Engell Andersen, who at the weekend made the in the 2011 Limpopo Open championships, a World Ranking event, at Polokwane Golf Club in Limpopo Province.<\/p>\n

Andersen fired a three-round (54-hole) total of level par 216 in the event won by the host nation’s top amateur, Brandon Stone, in a play-off with CJ du Plessis on five-under par.<\/p>\n

In May, he reached the semi-finals of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Open, losing to eventual winner Michael Hollick.<\/p>\n

Andersen in division 30<\/p>\n

The others are Kenya Amateur Matchplay champion James Muigai Karanja of Limuru, Tony Omuli (Golf Park), William Odera (Kericho) and Vet Lab’s Nelson Simwa.<\/p>\n

But while Andersen is in division 30 with 673.33 points, the rest have neither been categorised nor their points given.<\/p>\n

The list, announced by Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Scotland’s World Ranking director Andy McDonald, has Karanja in the 3,945th position and Omuli 4,807th while Odera and Simwa are tied at 5,279.<\/p>\n

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