Shabbir Wins Nabi Yousaf Memorial Open Golf Tournament
Shabbir was again successful into translating his potential and ability into a repeat of earlier form as he takes the title of Nabi Yousaf Memorial Open Golf Tournament played at Royal Palm Golf Course, Lahore.
M. Shabbir kept an intimidating presence on his opponents, as there were no errant tee shots and hardly any missed putts and on all three days of the tournament. His score remains 68, 66 and 71 in all three days and an aggregate of 205 eleven under par as he wins the 152nd title in his two decades golfing career.
Through backing of Ramzan Sheikh Family, the Nabi Yousaf Open Golf Championship offered a prize money of Rupees two million to the top 40 performers. Though Shabbir was in command throughout with spectacular rounds of 68 and 66 on the first two days, his last days round of 71 was suitably decent and appropriate enough to ensure victory and related glory. His last days gross 71 was compiled with the help of two birdies on holes 12 and 14, fifteen regulation pars and a lone bogie on the 17th hole.
The other purposeful competitors used their wealth of experience and skills to negotiate the manifold technical perils of Royal Palm Golf Course. Their efforts were praiseworthy of applause and played remarkably composed golf hitting fairways and greens and making putts but all they got were positions other than the first. M.Munir of Islamabad, the runner up in this championship had rounds of 72, 70 and final days impressive 69 and a total aggregate of 211, five under par.
Another name that sparkled was that of the young Hamza Amin (Islamabad) who emerged with a fantastic first round of 67 followed by a modest second round score of 75 and thereafter on the final day managed an excellence oriented round of gross 69. He ended the three days with an aggregate score of 211, five under par, a score similar to that of M.Munir. Others to attain various places were M. Safdar (Gujranwala) 215, Muhammed Zubair Satti (Islamabad) 215, Arif Ali (Gymkhana) 216, Sajjad Khan (Islamabad) 219, Shahbaz Masih (Karachi Golf Club 219, Shafiq Masih (Gymkhana) 219 and Moazzam Sidique (DHA Karachi) 220.
Shabbir was all praise for the Royal Palm Golf Course and the management and said that “The course is fantastic and it brings the best out of you”, and life certainly is not easy during the outings. He also lauded the fact that this was an exclusive championship for the professionals only and elated by the fact that he received the winners Nabi Yousaf Trophy from Wasim Akram.
The prize distribution was a grand event and the prizes were awarded to the winners by Ramzan Sheikh CEO Royal Palm and Wasim Akram in a grand prize distribution ceremony attended by Parvez Qureshi, Lt Gen M.Tariq, Abdullah Sharif, Ahmed Iqbal Saeed and all the professional golfers. Wasim Akram was pleased to see the talent of Pakistani professional golfers and advised them to continue seeking honors. He emphasized that mental strength is actually the deciding factor in competitions.
Through backing of Ramzan Sheikh Family, the Nabi Yousaf Open Golf Championship offered a prize money of Rupees two million to the top 40 performers. Though Shabbir was in command throughout with spectacular rounds of 68 and 66 on the first two days, his last days round of 71 was suitably decent and appropriate enough to ensure victory and related glory. His last days gross 71 was compiled with the help of two birdies on holes 12 and 14, fifteen regulation pars and a lone bogie on the 17th hole.
The other purposeful competitors used their wealth of experience and skills to negotiate the manifold technical perils of Royal Palm Golf Course. Their efforts were praiseworthy of applause and played remarkably composed golf hitting fairways and greens and making putts but all they got were positions other than the first. M.Munir of Islamabad, the runner up in this championship had rounds of 72, 70 and final days impressive 69 and a total aggregate of 211, five under par.
Another name that sparkled was that of the young Hamza Amin (Islamabad) who emerged with a fantastic first round of 67 followed by a modest second round score of 75 and thereafter on the final day managed an excellence oriented round of gross 69. He ended the three days with an aggregate score of 211, five under par, a score similar to that of M.Munir. Others to attain various places were M. Safdar (Gujranwala) 215, Muhammed Zubair Satti (Islamabad) 215, Arif Ali (Gymkhana) 216, Sajjad Khan (Islamabad) 219, Shahbaz Masih (Karachi Golf Club 219, Shafiq Masih (Gymkhana) 219 and Moazzam Sidique (DHA Karachi) 220.
Shabbir was all praise for the Royal Palm Golf Course and the management and said that “The course is fantastic and it brings the best out of you”, and life certainly is not easy during the outings. He also lauded the fact that this was an exclusive championship for the professionals only and elated by the fact that he received the winners Nabi Yousaf Trophy from Wasim Akram.
The prize distribution was a grand event and the prizes were awarded to the winners by Ramzan Sheikh CEO Royal Palm and Wasim Akram in a grand prize distribution ceremony attended by Parvez Qureshi, Lt Gen M.Tariq, Abdullah Sharif, Ahmed Iqbal Saeed and all the professional golfers. Wasim Akram was pleased to see the talent of Pakistani professional golfers and advised them to continue seeking honors. He emphasized that mental strength is actually the deciding factor in competitions.
