ZGA Championships
Brandon Moyo
A BRILLIANT performance on the opening day saw Vincent Chidambazina open a four-shot lead over Elton Zulu and Blessing Gondo at the top of the leaderboard at the Masvingo Amateur taking place at Masvingo Golf Club.
Fresh from representing Zimbabwe at the Region 5 Golf Championship in Eswatini, Chidambazina opened the tournament with a one-under-par 71, one shot behind Gondo, who opened with a 70. In the afternoon’s second round, Chidambazina carded the day’s lowest round with a brilliant three-under-par 69. His superb 69 featured an eagle, four birdies, a double bogey and a bogey. On the front nine, Chidambazina birdied the first hole, followed by a bogey at the third and an eagle at the seventh. On the back nine, he added another birdie at the 10th hole, followed by another at the 15th, before carding a double bogey at the 16th. He picked up another birdie at the 17th to wrap up a brilliant performance. After opening with a 70, Gondo carded 74 in the second round while Zulu has round scores of 74 and 70. The duo are on level-par 144.
Cosmas Siyakobo and Absalom Phiri are tied for fourth place on seven-over-par 151. The duo both carded identical rounds of 76 and 75.