PESHAWAR: Taimur Naseer of the PAF on Sunday lifted the trophy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa National Amateur Ranking Golf Championship for the second time in a row with his gross score six under 210 over 54 holes here at the PAF Golf Course.

Taimur who recently represented Pakistan in the Bangladesh Open and got fourth position, added par 72 to his overnight 70 and 68 to finish his three-day rounds with gross 210 six under over 54 holes.

He carded 36 each at front and back nine with three birdies at hole No. 3, 6 and 17 and made a single bogy at hole No. 5, 9 15.

Khushal Khan with his gross scored five over par 221 with 77, 75 and 69 and added his best round of three under 69 to his overnight 77 and 75. He made three birdies and five single bogeys besides a double bogy at hole 10.

Saqib Tufail of Lahore Gymkhana remained at third with his gross score five over par 221. Saqib Tufail added 75 to his overnight 72 and 74. He added 38 two over par at front nine and 37 one over par at back nine with three birdies and a double bogy at hole No. 2 besides singles bogeys at hole No. 7, 10 and 13.

In the Net Inayatullah Yousafzai of Peshawar Golf Club with his Net score 210 got first position followed by Shahid Farooq with 211 and Akbar Qayyum Bukhari with the same score 211 took second and third position, respectively.

In the ladies event, Ami Qin of America clinched the Gai Cup over her Net score 69 followed by Attiua Anjum, international Tahira Nazeer and Mrs. Col. Tariq.

In the boys U-17 Abdullah Sultan got first position followed by Sanan Yousaf and Shehriyar while in the Net Ahmad Arshad got first position followed by Mohammad Bin Qasim and Hanan Khan.

In the boys U-14 Laraib got first position followed by Shazil and Dharmal while in the Net Basil, Raza Waheed and Haziq got trophies.

In the 11-18 HCP gross Shahbaz Khan won first prize followed by Sami Shinwari and Arbab Haroon while in the Net Col Waseem Ahmad remained first followed by Flt Lt Abdul Waheed and Maj Muneem Raza.

In the senior amateur international golfer Col Saud Khan got first position followed by Col Syed Shahadat Hussain and Dr Abdul Haq while in Net Brig Iqbal Khan got first position, followed by Idrees Khalid and Jamal Ul Hasnain.

In the veteran amateur Col Syed Mushtaq got first position followed by Sq Ldr Iltaf and Col Alam Zeb.

Chief guest Brig Ghulam Hassan Joya distributed trophies and cash prizes among winners and runners-up.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2017