Ahmed birdied the ninth hole, meaning he had four shots to make up on Shabbir in the final nine holes of the tournament. Taimoor Khan moved even more close to the leader. At the end of the front nine, he was just two shots adrift. Ansar Mehmood and Matloob Ahmed were the other two golfers who had started the day four strokes adrift of Shabbir. They were five and six shots behind respectively heading into the back nine. Ansar’s chances were well and truly over when he bogeyed the 11th hole, which Shabbir, Taimoor and Ahmed birdied.
But that was as good as it got for Taimoor as he imploded on the next three holes; double-bogeying each one of them to finish on 73 and tied for fourth place with Ansar (73) at 210. Ahmed kept pushing Shabbir, as he birdied the 12th but his challenge was well and truly over when he bogeyed the 15th, paving the way for Shabbir to all but seal the title with a birdie on the 16th. Matloob, meanwhile, finished 13 strokes behind Shabbir after a disastrous showing on the back nine which included a triple bogey on the 14th. Mohammad Afzal (70) finished fifth on 211, one shot ahead of Hamza Amin (69), Usman Ali (71) and Mohammad Munir (72). Mohammad Ashfaq (74), Mohammad Alam (74) and Waheed Baloch (75) finished a further shot adrift.
In the amateurs’ contest, Waqas Burki won the title with a third-round 81 giving him a total of 20-over 236. He finished four shots ahead of ahead of Nadir Khan (86). Nadeem Iftikhar won the single-round senior amateurs competition after he shot a 75 to finish three shots ahead of Qazi Aamir Hussain. Retired Brig Mohammad Basharat was the net winner.
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