LAHORE: Tariq Mahmood of Navy did wonder as he forcefully and gallantly stopped Ghazanfar Mahmood’s march to victory and won the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Amateur Golf Championship at the Royal Palm golf course here on Saturday.

On the final day of the three-day event, experienced national golfer Tariq wiped out the overnight deficit of eight strokes and then in a play-off with Ghazanfar he went on to birdie the first playoff hole stamping his name on the CNS trophy.

While Tariq was composed and in control over the final eighteen holes and in particular the closing three holes, the overnight leader and dominant one over the past two rounds found himself in total disarray.

Earlier in the morning Ghazanfar looked radiant and his march on the first hole reflected the walk of a proud winner.

As the holes were played, Tariq’s superiority became apparent and by the end of the first nine holes, the stroke deficit was down from eight to four, and the slide for Ghazanfar picked up pace and on the last three holes Ghazanfar facilitated his rivals victory march.

In the net contest, the top one was Hussain Hamid with a three-day score of 214, Waleed Zubair who ended at 216 was the runner-up while Raza Ali Khan came third with a score of 217.

The ladies gross winner was Ghazala Yasmin of the Gujranwala Golf Club while the Seniors gross winner was Javed Khan of the Wapda.

In the invitational category, top performer in the gross section was Rear Admiral Khan Hasham Bin Sadiq while Commodore Usman Tariq was the runner-up.

Net winner was Air Commodore Sohail Ahmed while net runner-up was Air Vice Marshal Asad Lodhi with Asad I A Khan winning the nearest to the pin prize.

Final scores: 221 — Tariq Mahmood (Navy) 74,75,72; Ghazanfar Mahmood (Rawalpindi) 69,72,80

226 — Mohammed Rehman (Royal Palm) 77,79,70

233 — Salman Jehangir (Gymkhana) 81,75,77

234 — Imran Ahmed (Gymkhana) 74,80,80

237 — Waleed Zubair(Gymkhana) 86,76,75; Sajid Khan(Arabian Sea) 85,76,76;Col Rustam Chatta (Guj) 82,76,79.