Shabbir Iqbal crown champion of Rs. 3 Million J.A. Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship 2019
Shabbir, Talib and Matloob stands on the first three spots of Rs. 3 Million 6th J.A. Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship which concluded successfully at Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course in Lahore.
Shabbir’s victory in the event was attributable to outstanding rounds of 65 and 68 on the first two days and then a rather modest one of 77 on the final day. His overall winning aggregate score was 210, six under par. While CDA's Talib Hussain ended up at the runner-up spot as he almost managed to topple over Shabbir and in the final moments, there appeared a possibility that he and Shabbir might go for a sudden death playoff to decide the title winner, but a missed putt by Talib on the closing 18th hole neutralized that possibility and Shabbir emerged as the conqueror.
Matloob Ahmed of Garrison earned third position with three rounds scores of 77, 67 and 69 and a three days aggregate of 213, three under par. Other notable performers were Muhammad Munir from RGC, Amjad Yousaf of KGC, Akber Mehroz belonging to Gymkhana, KGC's Waheed Baloch, Anser Mehmood from Islamabad, Jafal Hussain of Gymkhana and Danyaal Jehangir brlogning to Gymkhana.
Ghazanfar Mehmood won the first Gross with a three days score of 226 in
Amateur category and was followed by Ahsan Khawaja who ended as the runner-up with score of 231. The third position went to Salman Akhter with his total score of 234. In Net section, Danish Javed won the first spot with score of 219 while Raja Muhammad Israr secured second position with net 222 and Robin Bagh managed the third spot with net 224.
In Ladies Net event, Aisha Moazzam was crowned the winner while Shahzadi Gulfam claimed the second position and Daniya Ayaz managed to stand on third spot. The Ladies Gross winner emerged as known Parkha Ijaz and she was followed by Ghazala Yasmin. The third position was managed by Zaib Un Nisa.
Veterans’ Net category emerged to be Iqbal Saigol who grabbed first position and Khalid Mansoor won the second while Maj (R) UD Najmi bagged the first Gross and Karamat Ullah Chaudry second. The Super Veterans’ Net title went to Dr. Khawaja Sadiq Hussain while the runner-up was Air Commander (R) ZI Ahmed.
The Senior section Gross winner was Javed A Khan, Omer Farooq and Col Younis Barula while Senior section Net winners were Tariq Mehmood, Col Shafi, Zafar Iqbal. The Invitational Net section winners stands Shahid Sheikh and Aneeq Khawar while Gross category winners were Mian Anwer Sadiq and Mehmood A Sheikh.
In the end, Seema Aziz and Ambreen Aziz, Ali Zaman and Hamid Zaman of Zaman Family gave away prizes to the high achievers of this championship during the prize distribution ceremony, which was also attended by Lahore Gymkhana Chairman, Kamran Lashari, Convener Golf, Shaukat Javed, Captain Golf, Omer Zia, Convener, Mian Ahsan Saeed, Convener, Dr. Ali Razzaq.
