LAHORE: Four contestants were tied at two-under-par-70 on the opening day of the Faysal Bank fifth PGA Jinnah Development Golf Tour match here at the Royal Palm Golf course on Friday.

Mohammad Rizwan and Asif Ali Junior of Lahore Gymkhana, PTV’s Arif Ali and Shahzad Ali of Lahore Garrison dominated the proceedings.

Rizwan compiled 70 with the help of five birdies, ten exceptionally outstanding pars and as for the minor blemish he lost strokes on holes 2,4 and 17. Arif carded four birdies, the first on the third hole and thereafter three consecutive birdies on holes 5, 6 and 7. Total pars were twelve and stroke losses were encountered on the 2nd and 14th holes. Asif Ali and Shahzad also impressed.

Three others who played one-under-par gross 71 are Asif Shafi (Garrison), Haseeb-ur-Rehman (Islamabad ) and Asad Khan (PAF).

Players placed at gross 72 were Zeeshan Khan (Peshawar) and Sher Mohammad (Peshawar) while Nasir Masih (Garrison), Mohammad Bilal (Peshawar) and Asif Ali Senior (Gymkhana) are at gross 73.

Thirteen contestants, who are bracketed together at gross 74, are Ghazanfar Mehmood, Nosher Khan, Mohammad Hashmet, Salman Akhter, Ghulam Qadir, Malik Ghaffar, Rizwan Gul, Mohammad Afzal, Mohammad Imran, Misal Khan, Mohammad Akhter, Jawad Ahmed and Arif Khan.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2022