Ashfaq wins CNS Open Golf Championship

Airmen Club golfer clinches title with score of 12-under-par (276)


Nabil Tahir August 20, 2017
PHOTO: REUTERS

KARACHI: Muhammad Ashfaq of Airmen Golf Club won the 22nd Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Open Golf Championship with his 12-under-par (276) and clinched the trophy on Sunday at Karachi Golf Club (KGC).

Nine-time winner Shabbir Iqbal, who was leading on the final day, lost in the end by scoring a bogey to finish one stroke behind 11-under-par (277).

Ashfaq, who won the championship for the first time with his 12-under-par (276) won Rs727,700 out of the total prize mone of seven million, while Shabbir won Rs489,250 and Matloob Ahmed, who finished on third spot, won Rs 304,000.

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Hamza Amin and Muhammad Munir tied at fourth spot with their three-under-par (285).

In the senior professional category, Javed Inayat won the first price of Rs153,600, while Imdad Hussain finished on runners up spot winning Rs106,800.

In Junior Professional, Zeeshan Khan won first prize of Rs64,800, followed by Minhaj Maqsood winning Rs37,500.

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In amateurs net category, Captain Muhammad Imran Rana won with his two-under-par (286), followed by Ahmed Baig with one-over-par (289), while Khalid Mehmood and Malik Pervez tied on third spot with two-over-par (290).

In amateurs gross category, Ahmed Baig won by nine-over-par (297) followed by M Sharif scoring 11-over-par (299).

In Ladies net category, Suneyah Usman won the title scoring two-under-par (70), won on countback after tieing with Farah Waseem on the same score line.

In Ladies gross category, Humera Khalid won by scoring seven-over-par (79) followed by Cho Young Me on 10-over-par (82).

Meanwhile, first time in the history of CNS golf Championship, an 18-year-old golfer Vivek Anand potted a hole-in-one to win Toyota Fortuner.

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