Shabbir wins Sindh Open Golf

KARACHI - Shabbir Iqbal holding top national ranking overcame a surging challenge from Matloob Ahmed to lift the MCB 10th Sindh Open Golf crown with ten under par 206 in the three-day 54 holes championships that had attracted all the top professionals of the country here Friday at Arabian Sea Country Club golf course.

Shabbir Iqbal finished the third round at one under 71 while Matloob parred the score. None of the 40 golfers playing on the final day could manage a sub seventy total.

The victory which came under pressure conditions in the third round made the Islamabad-based golfer rich by Rs. 1, 12,000 and gave him third title in three weeks. No other professional golfer in recent past has achieved what Shabbir Iqbal did first at the CNS Open played here three weeks ago which he won by 12 under par score followed by his 16 under par win at Bolan Open at Quetta.