Sports Bulletin Report
KARACHI: The first Round of Bank AL Habib’s 12th Rashid D. Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Tournament 2023 teed off here at the Karachi Golf Club (KGC) on Thursday.
Defending Champion Waheed Baloch, Pakistan’s Ace Golfer Shabbir Iqbal, Mohammad Zubair, Zahir Shah, Mohammad Shehzad and Asad Khan shared 69, three under par, and were jointly leading on first day. Khalid Khan, Ashiq Hussain and Matloob Ahmed were a stroke behind with a score of 70, two under par.
Pakistan’s Ace Golfer Mohammad Shabbir Iqbal started an amazing round in Red Course and played four under par. Shabbir played one over at the Blue side. Waheed Baloch started from Blue Course and played one under.
His two under at the red helped his place with the first day leaders. Zubair at the Red played 36 par but did three under par after completing the blue side. Young Asad Khan also displayed good round of 32, four under par at Red Course but played one over par at Blue.