Ahmad, the leader at the start of the final round on Sunday, was not threatened by the final round excellence of invulnerables like Shabbir and Matloob and as a result of steady play over the final 18 holes emerged highly acclaimed and illustrious. As for details, Ahmad had four rounds scores of 67, 65, 68 and 73 and a championship aggregate of 273, fifteen under par. As against him Shabbir had four round scores of 68,74,68 and a final day’s 68 and his aggregate score was 278, ten under par. And he lost to Ahmad by a margin of five strokes having reduced the deficit he faced at the start of the final round by five strokes. a commendable effort indeed. Another pre tournament favourite, Matloob had admirable scores of 70, 68, 73 and 69.Overall aggregate was 280, eight under par and position wise he ended up third.
Out of the other high achievers, M Ashfaq (Airmen Golf Club) aggregated 285, three under par, Minhaj Maqsood (Rawalpindi) 287, one under par, Hamza Amin (Islamabad) 289, one over par and M Alam (Garrison) 290, two over par. Ashiq Hussain (Multan) finished at 292, four over par. M Naeem (Peshawar), Asfar Ali (Karachi Port Trust), Akber Mehoze (Gymkhana) and M Shahzad (Lahore Garrison) were bunched together at a four rounds aggregate score of 293. The seniors professional event was won by Nisar Hussain (PAF) with three rounds scores of 77, 71 and 75 and a total of 223. Raja Iftikhar Hussain (Rawalpindi) was the runner-up and M Akram (Gymkhana) came third. Top performer amongst junior professionals was Ashass Amjad of Airmen Golf Club followed by Sahil Shah (DHA Karachi) and Shahbaz Ali (Lahore Garrison).
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