KARACHI: Making amends from the first two rounds, Akash Bashir of Lahore Garrison Golf Club (LGGC) posted best card of the day of one under 71 to win the junior pros Q-School trials by three shots at the Defence Authority Country and Golf Club on Thursday.

Bashir, who was two shots behind the overnight leader M Insaf of Multan when the third round commenced, showed his acumen after successive rounds of 76, 76 to turn the tide in his favour. His three rounds score stood at 223, seven over par.

The quartet of Bashir, Insaf, Kashif Masih and Eman Masih remained in the fray in the competition played over 54-holes.

Insaf shot four over 76 in the last round to slid to second place at 10 over par 226 as Kashif settled third at 231, eight shots off the pace.

M. Saqib, 16, also did LGGC proud by winning the junior amateur trials by two shots denying overnight leader Vivek Anand’s dream to hog limelight come true.

Saqib had the best round of par for an aggregate of five over 221 as Anand was pushed to second spot at 223 (74, 74, 75).

But playing alongside elders, 13-year-old Syed Yashal Shah produced amazing results by finishing third at 10 over 226 (75, 74, 77).

The ladies trials ended in a blaze of glory for highly talented Aania Farooq of the Airmen Golf Club (AGC) as she returned with a score of 229 (75, 76, 78). She got the better of Parkha Ijaz by 17 shots. Parkha’s scores were 86, 85, 75 (246).

Leader board after third round:

Junior pros Q-School trials:

223 — Akash Bashir (LGGC) 76, 76, 71

226 — M. Insaf (Multan) 77, 73, 76

231 — Kashif Masih (LGGC) 77, 79, 75

Junior amateur trials:

221 — M. Saqib (LGGC) 79, 70, 72

223 — Vivek Anand (DHA) 74, 74, 75

226 — Syed Yashal Shah (KGC) 75, 74, 77

228 — Junaid Irfan (KGC) 77, 76, 75

231 – Damil Attaullah (LGGC) 79, 74, 78

Ladies trials:

229 — Aania Farooq (AGC) 75, 76, 78

246 — Parkha Ijaz (Raya) 86, 85, 75

Published in Dawn, July 06th, 2018