17/05/2024
The 2nd President Punjab Golf Association Open Golf Championship endorsed by Gourmet Group and fiercely contested at the flawless par-72 Defence Raya Golf Course from May 14th to May 16th 2024 brought distinction and title winning prestige for Muhammed Alam of Lahore Garrison Greens Golf Club who fought out a ferocious battle of golfing expertise against super stars like Ahmed Baig and Muhammed Shabbir to take a career enhancing leap to the victory stand.This fast improving golf professional of Pakistan certainly was in an all conquering mood, remained dominant during first two rounds through excellence and backed it up with a sturdy performance over the final 18 holes on Thursday to end up elated and successful . Normally champions like him do have a difficult time on the final day, as nerves take over and the winning confidence erodes, but Muhammed Alam successfully curbed that possibility and demonstrated rock like steadiness under pressure that kept him in the spotlight ,as the glorious one.
At the start of the final round M.Alam was five strokes ahead of the more recognized Ahmed Baig and though Ahmed Baig came up strongly ,Alam remained in control of the championship flow and at the closing 18th where it mattered most ,he putted with control and fluency to prevail over Ahmed Baig .The final aggregate scores were Muhammed Alam ,204 ,twelve under par to Ahmed Baig's 205 ,eleven under par .And the most creditable part is that throughout the three days of this championship ,brilliance of golf skills application remained his hallmark.
Ahmed Baig of Royal Palm may not have won the top prize, but remained the center of attraction throughout this championship, his scores for three rounds most impressive, the scores being 65,71 and 69.
Top positions achieved by other professionals were M.Shahzad(Lahore Garrison ) ,third at a three rounds aggregate score of 215,followed by M.Zubair (Karachi Golf Club ) fourth with an aggregate score of 216.
Bracketed at a score of 217 are Muhammed Shabbir (Margalla Greens),Talat Ijaz (Gymkhana) ,Abdul Zahoor (Multan) and Shahid Javed(Gymkhana).
In the event for senior professionals ,the winner is M.Tariq of Islamabad..Runner up is M.Naseer of Defence Raya and third is M.Akram of Gymkhana.
Junior professionals winner is Shahbaz Ali of Lahore Garrison.
Invitational winners in gross category were Muhammed Abid while Shahid Abbas was second and Hamid Asadullah was third .Net first prize went to Saeedul Haseeb.
At the conclusion of championship, the top performers were awarded prizes by Lt.Gen Abdul Aziz ,President ,Punjab Golf Association ,Brig Ayaz Masood and Ali Mehdi of Gourmet.
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