Javed Khan triumphs the seniors title in 35th Punjab Amateur Golf Championship
Javed A Khan of Gymkhana after overcoming the veterans Shoaib Bokhari and Imran Ahmed wins the 35th Punjab Amateur Golf Championship title at Lahore Gymkhana Golf course.
Khan surpasses his club mates, Shoaib Bokhari and Imran Ahmed in a thrilling game to win the seniors title of the ongoing 35th Punjab Amateur Golf Championship with a gross score of 79. The race was between the seniors of aged 55 to 70 years. During the 18 holes of the contest, Javed remained accurate off the tees and his short game was flair oriented which gave him the required advantage of ending with a better score as compared to his adversaries.
Undoubtedly, Shoaib Bokhari and Imran Ahmed remains in peruse of the title mostly during the 18 holes but missed putts on the closing holes cost them the first position. Shoaib Bokhari and Imran Ahmed both ended the golfing battle as the runner ups with a gross score of 81, however the second position tilted Shuaib’s way as a result of a better score on the back nine.
Seniors net section was dominated by Ishfaq Khalid of Gymkhana who played to his handicap and won the first net with a score of net 72.Certainly, Ishfaq is a player with an adept touch and a mind free of nerves. These faculties helped him to achieve the first net position and in the process he beat Asad Hameed by one stroke and Dr Hamid Awan by two strokes. Asad Hameed was second net and Dr Hameed, third.
The championship moves into the battle of champions from Friday. Over the next three days, it is the established champions of the national golf scene who will be pitched against each other. Muhammed Rehman of Royal Palm is a zero handicapper and he is considered the man to beat, perusing him will be Taimoor Khan of Peshawar, Zubair Khan of PAF, Muhammed Saqib (Garrison) and Ahmed Baig also of Garrison.
Other notables with the capacity to pose a challenge are Damil Ataullah, just fourteen years old and players like the long hitting Salman Jehangir, the experienced Mohsin Zafar and the successful ones of the recent past, Robin Bagh, Ashiq Hussain and Muhammed Mushtaq.
