Richard Baguma was in scintillating form on day two as he displayed a great performance to lead the scoreboard at the ongoing Tusker Malt Uganda Amateur Open Golf championship.
Baguma turned around the fortunes to dispense day one leader and defending champion Ronald Otile who fell a distant fifth.
The national team player returned a score of 73 strokes to ascend to the summit of the scoreboard with a total of 147.
Baguma Daniel registered a score of 74 to move to second place whereas Asaba Dennis had a score of 76 and 79 for Ronald Otile.
As it stands, Richard leads with a gross of 147, followed by Daniel Baguma with 149, Dennis Asaba with 150 and Ronald Otile with 151.
The leading four will play alongside each other on day three (Friday) of the Tusker Malt Uganda Open in the first pressure group.
The second pressure group will include; Rwanda’s Alloys and Uganda’s trio Mahmood Ismail, Joseph Mawejje and Herman Deco Mutebi.
Despite the having had a good start on day two, Otile the defending champion, faulted along the way and now faces an upward task of trying to regain the lead on day three.
Speaking before the tee off, Grace Namutebi, the Uganda Breweries Limited Brand Manager for Premium beers said; “The amateur category is considered as the main event of the Tusker Malt Uganda Open.
The players are putting up a good game and there is plenty more to come.” she said.
The final day of the championship will be on Saturday and the best players will be crowned this year’s champions at a dinner at the Uganda Golf Club.
Day 2 Leaderboard
1 – Richard Baguma (Uganda) – 147 Gross
2 – Daniel Baguma (Uganda) – 149 Gross
3 – Dennis Asaba (Uganda) – 150 Gross
4 – Ronald Otile (Uganda) – 151 Gross
T5 – Herman Deco Mutebi (Uganda) – 152
Gross
Joseph Mawejje (Uganda) – 152 Gross
Ismail Mahmood (Uganda) – 152 Gross
T8 – Andrew Chelogoi (Kenya) – 153 Gross
Paul Muchangi (Kenya) – 153 Gross
Alloys Nsabimana (Rwanda) – 153 Gross