LAHORE: Young Mohammad Alam, Hamza Taimur Amin and Ansar Mehmood of Margalla Greens Golf Club emerged as leaders on the opening day of the 49th Pakistan Open Golf Championship here at the Lahore Garrison Golf Course on Thursday.

Alam of PAF Skyview played gross 68, four under par, while the same was achieved by Islamabad’s Hamza Amin and Ansar of the Margalla Greens Golf Club.

Alam’s hole-by-hole performance was an eagle on the ninth hole, birdies on holes 1, 3, 7, 11 and 14 regulation pars on eleven holes and in between encountered a tragic ending on the par -3, sixth hole.

Analysis of Hamza’s round was birdies on holes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17 and 18, regulation pars on six holes and bogies were encountered on holes 2, and 10 and a double bogie on the eighth hole. Ansar’s game comprised was six birdies, ten pars and two bogies on holes 11 and 13.

Out of 35 amateurs only six made the cut. They are Irtiza Hussain, Mohammad Shoaib, Salman Jehangir, Saad Habib, Mohammad Arsalan and Capt Zain-ur-Rehman.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2022