Golfing Star Bhavi Perfects Her Swing Speed

Friday, June 19, 2020 0:01

By EUNICE MURATHE

Kenya’s professional golfer Bhavi Shah at Nyali Golf and Country Club on March 11, 2020.

PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI 

Bhavi Shah, one of the only two Kenyan women golf players, swings a club at a speed of 105 miles per hour.

Kenya only has two women, professional golfers, Bhavi and Rose Naliaka, who has taken a break from professional golf having hit the balls since September 1980.

One of the biggest moments of her golf life came in December last year when she shared a course with international players at Vipingo Ridge’s Magical Kenya Ladies Open, the first-ever Ladies European Tour tournament in Kenya and East Africa.

As a junior and an amateur, I won many club tournaments,” says Bhavi, who was the pioneer lady professional golfer to play at the Safari Tour series.