Ghazanfar Mehmood wins Jinnah Development Golf Tour 2022

ISLAMABAD: Ghazanfar Mehmood of the Garden City Golf Club Rawalpindi won the Jinnah Development Golf Tour that concluded at the Islamabad Club, here on Sunday.

The four-day event, comprising two different tournaments crowned various winners with Ghazanfar leading the way and adding another feather to his cap as he claims the Jinnah Development Golf Tour.

The Rawalpindi Tour took the lead on Saturday and carried on his wonderful momentum to seal the victory.

Minhaj Maqsood secured the second position in the competition, while Muhammad Saqib, Syed Bilal, and Asad Khan tied for the third.

The Federal Amateur Golf Championship, on the other hand, concluded as the four golfers tied for the top position.

The highly competitive championship crowned Abdullah Amir, Abdullah Humayon, Adnan Bukhari, and Muhammad Daniyal as the joint champions.

In the women’s amateur category, Salza Alamgir propelled to the triumph with a net score of 150. Tehmina Ahmed (153) and Arooba Ali (153) both ended as runner-ups, while Uzma Nazir (156) finished third.

In the same category of gross event, Tehmina, Arooba, and Tahira Nazir ended as the winner, runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

The two championships – Jinnah Development Golf Tour and The Federal Amateur Golf Championship – concluded with a glittering closing ceremony, held at the Islamabad Club. President Pakistan Golf Association Zahid Arbab attended the ceremony as a special guest and distributed cash prizes and shields among the top performers.

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Hamza takes the lead in the first round of Federal Golf Championship

ISLAMABAD: Hamza Khattak of Peshawar Club seized an early lead in the first round of the Federal Amateur Golf Championship’s amateur category, here on Friday.

Hamza, who lost a stroke each on holes 2, 4, and 10 carded three birdies at the same time, which propelled the golfer to finish at the score of par after the conclusion of the opening round.

Qasim Khan, Salman Khan, and Noman Asghar, on the other hand, tied for the second place after the first round of 18 holes, each carding two over.

Noman, who started the day on a high note by shooting two under 34, was derailed by a sequence of bogies on the back nine, finishing with two over for the day.

Pakistan’s top golfer Omar Khalid had a similar start to Noman but two double bogies resulted in him finishing the day at three over 75 for the opening day.

The professional tournament Jinnah Development Golf Tour, on the other hand, got off to an interesting start with Mohammad Waqar (ICGC), Mohammad Asif, Haroon Rashid, and Mohammad Saqib all shooting two under 70 to tie for first place after the first round.

It is apropos to mention here that around 185 golfers from across the country are participating in the event, which will also feature an exhibition match between the diplomats.

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