Shabbir Iqbal crown 10th Chairman JCSC Open Golf Championship 2018
Out of 400 golfers from across the country, Shabbir Iqbal triumphs in 10th Chairman JCSC Open Golf Championship 2018 which was being played at Margalla Green Golf Club in Islamabad.
The 10th edition of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) Open Golf Championship concluded successfully with Shabbir Iqbal’s one stroke win against his rival Munir and named the championship at the top spot.
The Pakistan No 1 golfer carded 11 under 202 of a 3 days’ aggregate to win the title of this championship. In the final round Shabbir returned with two under 69 just managing to keep his lead against Munir who carded 6 under 65 on the final day. However, Munir’s last round was not enough to overpower Shabbir who ended three-day proceedings one stroke ahead of him.
This event attracted more than 400 golfers from across the country in 5 different categories of professionals, senior professionals, amateurs, ladies and junior categories. The championship was conducted over 3 days in which golfers were up against for the ultimate prize gain of 4 million PKR.
Following are the title winners in different categories of the championship:
1. Ghazanfar Mahmood - title winner in Amateur Gross category
2. Umair Saleem - title winner in Senior Amateur Net category
3. Irtaza - title winner of Junior category
4. Malik Muhammad Afsar - title winner in Senior category
5. Muhammad Akram - title winner in Senior Professionals category
6. Gul Hassan - title winner in Junior Professional category
7. Mrs. Tahira Nazir - title winner of Ladies Amateur category
Ghazanfar Mahmood was followed by Khan who took the second spot while Tariq Mehmood managed third place in Amateur Gross category whereas in Senior Amateur Net category Usama Imran secured the second spot.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony. He appreciated the participants for proving their skills and paid special gratitude to the sponsors and media for their support to the golf game.
He also applauded the efforts of Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force and Services Sports Control Board for the successful conduction of this championship.
