TOP Zimbabwean golfer Robson Chinhoi is confident of causing an upset and win the FBC Zimbabwe Open championship which tees off at Royal Harare Golf Club tomorrow morning.
Chinhoi, who has been doing well on the Sunshine Tour in the past 12 months is one of the country's high profile golfers who will be flying the country’s flag at the Zim Open.
Others include the Vincent siblings Scott and Kieran as well Ben Follett-Smith and Stuart Krog who are playing golf outside the country.
The Zimbabwe Open has been dominated by South Africans who have won all the editions since the reintroduction of the event in 2010.
The golfer who turns 33 today arrived in the country on Monday evening after competing at the Waterfall City TC by Attacq where he finished in a two-way tie 26th last weekend.
“It is always good to be home. The target for this year is I think everyone is always thinking about winning. Nobody is playing to just make the cut, so we are playing to win. I am just looking to play well and be myself and see what happens,” he said soon after his arrival.
Chinhoi bagged the biggest win of his career in May last year when he won the Sunshine Tour-sanctioned Zanaco Masters in Zambia.
At least 33 golfers out of the 144 taking part in Zimbabwe’s premier golf event will compete under the Zimbabwe flag among them top junior players such as Braydon Amm (16), Keegan Shutt (17) and Tanaka Chatora (18).
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The official opening of the 2024 FBC Zimbabwe Open was held at Royal Harare where club captain Tendayi Gwatiringa handed the 126-year-old golf facility to the Zimbabwe Open Committee.
Zimbabwe Open Committee chairperson Livingston Gwata received the club flag from Gwatiringa.
Gwata expressed gratitude to the sponsors who have made the staging of the country's flagship event possible.
“We want to express our special gratitude to the title sponsors FBC Holdings Limited for the third year in succession. Thank You Trynos Kufazvineyi and your team for making this happen. We have an array of other sponsors who continue to be with us.
“It does promise to be an exciting tournament. It is difficult times in terms of the economy and for our sponsors to come out in full force and do what they have done we, as the Zim Open Committee, are most grateful,” he said.
The 2024 edition of the Zim Open will see at least seven former winners, including defending champion Neil Schietekat, two-time champion Jbe' Kruger, Albert Venter, JC Ritchie, Lyle Rowe, Jean Hugo and Darren Fichardt taking part.
