Lugazi Hills kid Akena wins Uganda Open title in most dramatic fashion

In the end, it came down to one putt. It was a putt of three feet. Sink it and the 2024 Johnnie Walker Uganda Open would go into a play-off. 

Miss it and Joseph Akena would have a given to become champion for the first time in history.  Time stood still when Joseph Cwinya-ai addressed his ball and prepared to stroke it.

He took his time. He read the line. He took a breath. Cwinya-ai has been in these positions countless times and was the most experienced of the four-ball in the pressure group. 

He had no margin for error. But somehow, somehow, he missed. It will go down as…