Ahmed Baig secures 1st Chairman WAPDA Amateur Golf Tournament title
Ahmed Baig of WAPDA bagged the title of First Chairman WAPDA Golf Championship which concluded successfully after three-days of action at Defence Raya Golf Course in Lahore.
In yet another contribution towards promotion of sports in the country, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) along with WAPDA Sports Board organized a national level golf tournament which featured competitions in 4 different categories which includes: Amateurs (handicap 12 and below), Senior Amateurs (handicap 12 and below), Ladies (handicap 24 and below) and Veterans contests.
Ahmed accomplished this win through two strokes as he triumphed over another successive golfer, also from WAPDA, Ghazanfar Mehmood. He played an excellent round, striking four birdies to post a two-under 70 at the end of the first day’s play and on the second day, Ahmed exhibited more commitment and skillful play to add the card of 70 to strengthen his chances for the title and finally on the last day of the tournament, he claimed the title by carding 73 which made it a total of 215 aggregate of a three days score.
For Ghazanfar, over the three rounds he scored 72, 72 and 73 which ended up as a 3-day aggregate of total 217. Another competitive golfer was from gross section Zunair Aleem Khan who managed three rounds scores of 77, 72 and 70 making it a total of 219 at the end.
In Net category, Hafiz Awais managed a total of 207 score against runner-up Ahmed Jabran’s 209 and . Ali Naeem’s 215 which made them all three to stand on the first, second and third positions, respectively.
The best performer in ladies stands Parkha Ijaz, Humna Amjad and Ghazala with their 3-day aggregate of 151, 157 and 162 respectively. While Net category winner in Ladies section was Suneyah Osama, Mina Zainab and Zaib-un-Nisa. Whereas the Longest Drive champion is Brek Bately, Deputy High Commissioner Australia. The Veterans’ Net title winner is Fayyaz Bashir while Ejaz Malik emerged as runner-up and third spot went to Lt Col (r) Azam Khan. The Veterans’ First Gross title went to Col. Hazir while Major UD Najmi finished second and Col (r) Mudassar Asghar stands on third position.
Senior Amateurs Category:
First - Maj Gen Tahir
Second - Dr Tariq Habib Malik
Third - Muhammed Omar Khan
Seniors Amateurs First Gross Title winners:
First - Tariq Mehmood
Second - Col (R) Rustam Ali Chatta
Third - Lt Col (R) Asif Mehdi third.
Invitational Category:
First Net - Safdar Shah
Second - Lt Gen (R) Muhammed Hilal
Third - Col Farhat Kayani
The first invitational gross trophy was lifted by Col Shafqat Niaz while Tauqir Tipu earned second position and Brig Waseem Azmat bagged the third position.
Federal Minister for Water Resources, Muhammad Faisal Wada and Chairman WAPDA, Lt Gen (r) Muzzamil Hussain were the Chief Guests who distributed prizes and trophies to the winners along with Gen (R) Ahsan Hayat, Lt Gen (R) Khalid Maqbool, Lt Gen (R) Mian Muhammed Hilal Hussain, Lt Gen (R) Syed Arif Hassan, Lt Gen (R) M Tariq, Kang Chong Jin, CEO, Defence Raya, sponsoring bankers and participating golfers.
