Sports Bulletin Report
KARACHI: Defending champion local golfer Waheed Baloch retained the title of the Bank AL Habib’s Rashid D. Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Tournament 2023 that concluded here at the Karachi Golf Club (KGC) on Sunday.
Waheed Baloch from KGC with gross of 277, 11 under par score reclaimed the trophy on the final day of the 4-day fixture. Mohammad Shehzad who scored 278, 10 under par got second position while top national player Mohammad Shabbir occupied third place with a score of 279, 9 under par.
On first day of junior category competition, 14 years old Ashass Amjad while teeing off at 13th hole of Blue Course achieved a hole-in-one. The leader in this category was Mohammad Sahil. Ashass Amjad stood runner-up in Junior’s category on the leaderboard. Bank Al Habib rewarded a brand new Toyota car to Ashass.
The Senior Professional Category trophy was clinched by Mohammad Tariq while Mohammad Akram was the runner up.
Abdul Waheed, Latif Khaskheli and Saleem Inayat took top three positions in the KGC Senior Professionals category. They scored 78, 81 and 82 respectively. Nooruddin won trophy in the KGC Professionals category, with Iqbal Masih as runner-up. A trio of Abdullah, Jalil and Zubair is holding third position jointly in this category.
In the KGC Caddies category, Tariq Kamal carded 11 over par and became new title holder. The runner-up Sabir Akbar is three points behind him. Third position in this category is a three-way tie between Mohammad Javed, Nabeel Khan and Zakir Ali with 15 over par.
The aggregated prize money of the tournament this year was PKR 10 million that was paid according to Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) regulations. Amount included PKR 7.95m for Best Performers in National Professional Category, PKR 1.4m for KGC Professionals, Caddies and Senior Pros, as well as Appearance Money of PKR 650,000.
The appearance money was distributed amongst the top three Professionals were included Mohammad Shabbir Iqbal, Mohammad Alam and Mohammad Munir and top three Senior Professionals included Mohammad Tariq, Tahir Naseem and Mohammad Akram as per PGF current ranking.
Chief guest at the closing ceremony was Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Pakistan Navy- Admiral Mohammad Amjad Khan Niazi NI (M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt who presented trophies and award money to winners. PNS Chief appreciated the role of Abbas D. Habib family and Bank AL Habib in promotion of Golf in Pakistan.
