LAHORE - Muhammad Munir of Rawalpindi Golf Club and Ahmed Baig of PAF Skyview took lead with a similar illustrious aggregate score of 208, eight under par in the 8th JA Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship here at Lahore Gymkhana golf course on Saturday.
The championship, which carries a beneficial prize money of Rs 4.1 million, moved into the final phase after an energetic, vehement and convincing display of golfing skills by many dynamic and potent golf champions. Munir is the zestful while Ahmed Baig is spirited.
Munir was phenomenal in shot execution and resplendent on the greens and the combination enabled him to card a marvelous round of 67 with birdies on holes 4, 7, 14 and an eagle on the par 5, 15th. Rest of the holes he managed regulation pars.
As for Ahmed, the round on Saturday was a fulfilling one from him. Seven birdies on holes 2, 6, 7 and 8, 15th 16th and 18 neutralised by two bogies on 12th and 14th fetched him the most honorable position on the leaderboard and as the championship proceeds to the final round today (Sunday). Matloob Ahmed is number two ranked playing professional is one and the battle hardened Moazzam Saddique another. These two are bunched together in second position at an aggregate score of 209, seven under par.
Placed third, all by himself is M Zubair of Karachi Golf Club at a score of 210, six under par. He too is a daunting competitor who can play classy golf under such fearsome competitive conditions. At the score of 212 are placed Muhammed Naeem (Peshawar), Muhammed Nazir (Rawalpindi) and Hamza Amin (Islamabad). Shahid Javed Khan is at 213 along with Muhammed Shabbir. At the conclusion of the final today, the prize distribution will be held at 3:30pm at Lahore Gymkhana Golf Club Lawns. The Zaman Family will host the prize distribution ceremony.
