NAIROBI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Kenya Ladies Open Golf tournament has attracted a field of 108 players from Europe, Asia, America, and Africa and will start on Thursday through to Sunday in the coastal city of Mombasa.
The tournament, which is part of the Ladies European Tour will see an impressive 28 countries from six continents represented during this inaugural ladies' golf tournament.
Africa has 11 players including five from Kenya, ready to compete on this notoriously challenging course in view of the Indian Ocean.
The host has entered Kenya ladies champion Naomi Wafula, Bhavi Shah, Agnes Nyakio, Mercy Nyanchama, and Margaret Njoki.
"It is a great challenge for me to play at the Kenya Ladies Open. It will be a great learning opportunity as I look to turn Pro in the near future," said Wafula on Wednesday ahead of the tournament.
A total prize fund of 33 million shillings (333,000 U.S. dollars) is up for grabs by the winners.
African players coming for the tournament include Nigeria's Georgia Iziemgbe Oboh, eSwatini player Nobuhle Dlamini, Stacy Lee Bregman and Lejan Lewthwaite from South Africa, Maha Haddioui from Morocco, and Lakareber Abe of Uganda.
This will be the first time that the European Ladies Open tournament is held in Kenya.
Among the leading foreign entries are Meghan Maclaren, 25, from England, who has won two Ladies European Tour titles and is currently ranked fifth on the tour's Order of Merit.
Maclaren turned Pro in 2016, she gained her Ladies European Tour card in 2017 and finished 22nd in the Order of Merit last year.
Three years ago, she holed the winning putt for Britain and secured their victory over the USA in the Curtis Cup.
There is also 29-year-old Cheyenne Woods, a niece to golf great Tiger Woods. She is the sixth African American to play on the LPGA Tour in the Association's history.
With two top-ten finishes to her name, Woods would be looking to make an impression at the Kenya Ladies Open.
Throw in Norway's Marianne Skarpnord, currently ranked first on the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, Esther Henseleit from Germany, India's Aditi Ashok, Scotland's Beth Allen and Austrian Christine Wolf and you have a blossom of stars keen to outdo each other. Enditem
