Qasim Ali Khan secures title of 2nd Chairman WAPDA Amateur Golf Tournament

Qasim Ali Khan of Lahore Gymkhana emerged as title winner of the 2nd Chairman WAPDA Amateur Golf tournament which came to a thrilling end at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course.

Qasim was the leader on all three days and his command and his control and nerve free application of golfing skills enabled him to look far superior to all his adversaries, three of whom were national level players. He finished three rounds of tournament with the scores of 71, 73 and 77 and a gross aggregate score of 221 

Ghazanfar Mehmood of WAPDA finished as the runner-up with a three-round aggregate score of 227. Ashiq Hussain of Multan finished third with gross 231.

Mohsin Zafar won the first net with a score of 217 while Omar Farooq secured second and Jamal Nasir third. In Invitational match, Javed A Khan won the first gross while Lt Gen (R) Hilal Hussain and Dr Tariq Malik were second and third. The net section winner was Maj Imtiaz Shah. 

In ladies, Suneya Osama bagged first gross, Ghazala Yasmin second and Syeda Iman Ali Shah third.

Ana James Gill won the first net while Minaa Zainab and Shahzadi Gulfam finished second and third net.

The senior's title went to Imran Ahmed while second and third spot went to Col Asif Mehdi and Tariq Mehmood.

Dr Hamid Awan claimed first net, Ahsan Ghias second and Maj Gen Tariq Saleem third.

The winners were honored by Governor Punjab Chaudhry M Sarwar, accompanied by Chairman Wapda Lt Gen (r) Muzzamil Hussain, Ex Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen Ahsan Saleem, Naveed Akram Cheema, Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool, Lt Gen Hilal Hussain, Chairman Lahore Gymkhana Kamran Lashari and others.