ISLAMABAD: Sarunchana Rattanasin of Thailand was successful in putting up a comprehensive all round display of steady play and with three rounds gross scores of 67, 77 and 78 and an aggregate of 222 to emerge as the winner of the 3rd PGF Women’s Amateur Golf Championship which concluded at the Islamabad Golf Course here Sunday. For the skilled, adept and battle hardened Sarunchana, this represented a victory of prestige and honour and she achieved this success by curbing the challenge of some very skilled golfers like Tantita Wong from Thailand, Sonia Akhter from Bangladesh and Ghazala Yasmin from Pakistan. On the final day her challenger was her country mate Tantita who played forceful golf and tried to edge past Sarunchana. But in the final reckoning the ultimate winner played exceedingly well in the last four holes and remained on the road to final victory. “Winning in Pakistan is a memorable occasion and I just loved the control I showed in the final moments and I certainly feel sorry for my colleague who missed beating me by just one stroke. All I can say is well tried Tantita and thanks Pakistan for a wonderful time.” Tantita ended up in the runner-up slot with a score of 223 and Sonia of Bangladesh came third in the gross section of the Gold category with a score of 240. As regards the performers in the net section of the Gold category, Hamna Amjad of Kamra Golf Club secured the first net prize with three rounds aggregate score of net 12 under par. The runner-up net was Zain un Nisa of Royal Palm Club and Liza Akhter of Bangladesh was third. In the race for honours in Silver category, the first gross was won by Naghmana Atif of Karachi Golf Club. Tehmina Rashid of Islamabad came second and Abiha Hanim Sayed of Karachi came third. The first net was secured by Shahzadi Gulfam of Punjab Police while Marina Khan of Karachi was runner-up net. The third position went to Shabana Shahid of Karachi. Published in Daily Times, March 19th 2018.