Muthaiga Golf Club
Muthaiga Golf Club: opened 1913. Par 71, 7,169 yards. Lee S. James won the 2002 Kenya Open here with 265 (−19).
Muthaiga Golf Club: opened 1913. Par 71, 7,169 yards. Lee S. James won the 2002 Kenya Open here with 265 (−19).
Muthaiga Golf Club: opened 1913. Par 71, 7,169 yards. Lee S. James won the 2002 Kenya Open here with 265 (−19).
Updated October 24, 2026
44 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
Safari Circuit
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 271 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 1989 | David Jones | 271 (−13) | by 3 strokes |
| 1988 | Chris Platts | 271 (−13) | by 1 stroke |
| 1987 | Carl Mason | 275 (−9) | won in a playoff |
| 1986 | Ian Woosnam | 273 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| 1985 | Garry Harvey | 278 (−6) | by 1 stroke |
| 1984 | José María Cañizares | 277 (−7) | won in a playoff |
| 1983 | Ken Brown | 274 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| 1982 | Eamonn Darcy | 274 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| 1981 | Brian Barnes | 274 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| 1980 | Brian Waites | 271 (−13) | by 1 stroke |
| 1979 | Maurice Bembridge | 271 (−13) | won in a playoff |
| 1978 | Seve Ballesteros | 274 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| 1977 | Liam Higgins | 283 (−1) | by 1 stroke |
Challenge Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Lee S. James | 265 (−19) | by 3 strokes |
| 2001 | Ashley Roestoff | 271 (−13) | won in a playoff |
| 2000 | Trevor Immelman | 270 (−14) | by 4 strokes |
| 1999 | Maarten Lafeber | 265 (−19) | by 3 strokes |
| 1998 | Ricardo González | 272 (−12) | won in a playoff |
| 1997 | Jorge Berendt | 268 (−16) | by 4 strokes |
| 1996 | Mike Miller | 272 (−12) | won in a playoff |
| 1995 | James Lee | 265 (−19) | by 5 strokes |
| 1993 | Craig Maltman | 276 (−8) | won in a playoff |
| 1992 | André Bossert | 272 (−12) | by 1 stroke |
| 1991 | Jeremy Robinson | 269 (−15) | by 5 strokes |
unofficial / pre-tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Gary Smith | 276 (−12) | won in a playoff |
| 1974 | David Jagger | 274 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 1973 | Jan Dorrestein | 276 (−12) | by 1 stroke |
| 1972 | David Llewellyn | 279 (−9) | by 2 strokes |
| 1971 | Ernie Jones | 283 (−5) | won in a playoff |
| 1970 | Jan Dorrestein | 273 (−15) | lowest winning score in this event · by 14 strokes |
| 1969 | Maurice Bembridge | 279 (−9) | by 5 strokes |
DP World Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 266 (−18) | by 2 strokes |
| 2024 | Darius van Driel | 270 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 2023 | Jorge Campillo | 266 (−18) | by 2 strokes |
| 2022 | Wu Ashun | 268 (−16) | by 4 strokes |
Challenge Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Seve Benson | 274 (−10) | won in a playoff |
| 2011 | Michiel Bothma | 270 (−14) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes |
| 2010 | Robert Dinwiddie | 272 (−12) | by 3 strokes |
| 2009 | Gary Boyd | 271 (−13) | by 4 strokes |
Challenge Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lorenzo Gagli | 273 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| 2017 | Aaron Rai | 267 (−17) | by 3 strokes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Paul Carman | 276 (−8) | won in a playoff · unofficial / pre-tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Guy Wolstenholme | 279 (−9) | by 4 strokes · Far East Circuit |
The first Kenya Open was played at Muthaiga in 1967 and the club says it has been held there ever since; past champions it lists include Bobby Locke, Bob Charles, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle and Vijay Singh.
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club history
Club records show Muthaiga operating by 1922; it served the white highlands settler community, with members such as Lord Delamere in the 1930s, and worked alongside the neighbouring Muthaiga Country Club hosting colonial dignitaries.
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club history
Set beside Karura Forest, the course's many lakes are a breeding ground for Egyptian geese, and the club says monkeys frolic on its 522-yard dogleg.
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club about
Members call Muthaiga the "Home of Golf", and the club uses the name for itself in its announcements.
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club about · Muthaiga Golf Club Patron's Cup
Each August Muthaiga hosts the Patron's Cup, an inter-club championship in which 15 Kenyan clubs play in five divisions (Trophy, Shield, Plaque, Bowl and Mug) with promotion and relegation; the 5th edition was 21-23 August 2026.
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club Patron's Cup · Muthaiga Golf Club
The two nine-hole loops lie on either side of the busy Kiambu Road.
Source: Where2Golf
The club banned plastics on the course and handed members and guests complimentary wooden tees to replace plastic ones; it headlines this as the first golf club to ban plastic.
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club
extensive course reconstruction begun 2001; new lakes and water features; officially opened 6 Nov 2004 by President Mwai Kibaki (club about page dates the renaissance to 2002)
Source: Muthaiga Golf Club history · Muthaiga Golf Club about
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Magical Kenya Open 20–23 February 2025 | Jacques Kruyswijk | DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Magical Kenya Open 22–25 February 2024 | Darius van Driel | DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Magical Kenya Open 9–12 March 2023 | Jorge Campillo | DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Magical Kenya Open 3–6 March 2022 | Wu Ashun | DP World Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
Data: muthaiga-golf-club.json. Spot an error? See corrections.