Uganda, Nov. 29 -- For long spell, lifting the 80th Tusker Malt Uganda Amateur Golf Open at the par-71 Entebbe Club seemed to be an impossible task for Joseph Cwinyaai.
He had trailed by five or four shots toward and past the halfway stage of the show and understandably, human nature had pushed many write him off by the time defending champion Kenyan John Lejirma led going into the final day.
But Cwinyaai fashioned the class of a champion to emerge from the shadows and clinch the Open title by three shots after near-perfect final round of three-under 68 on Saturday.
"This has been a wonderful journey," a thrilled Cwinyaai, after finishing with an aggregate score of 287 gross over 72 holes, said upon picking his trophy from Uganda Golf Un...