Amateur Hamza Amin wins the 44th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa National Ranking Amateur Golf Championship
Rising amateur golfer Hamza Amin romped to a big victory on the final day of the 44th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa National Ranking Amateur Golf Championship here at the scenic PAF Golf Club Peshawar. The young gun overtook the leading and more experienced M Rehman,
M Naeem, and Ghazanfar, posting an impressive four-under, 212 on the aggregate for a 54-hole event.
Amin has led the event in the second round with a substantial lead and was the overnight leader heading in the final round. He dropped bogeys on the front nine and immediately reverted to his defensive putting to ward off any more bogeys for the day.
"I was disappointed the most when I started my round with bogey, followed by another bogey and even the triple bogey which marred my overall efforts I had on the first and second day," Hamza said.
The young golfer from KPK is the son of the celebrated Taimur Hassan, who had the honour of representing Pakistan on several International tours.
“I made a lot of efforts and worked really hard,” said Hamza who also represented Pakistan on the European Tour event recently. “My father won this championship eight times and my victory will certainly help me in future.”
M Rehman, the current Pakistan No 2, carded a final round score of 76 to finish as an outright second followed by M Naeem who scored a final round of 77.
In another event, 13-18 HCP Dr Nadeem Khawar grabbed first position followed by runners up Haris Rehman and Fazli Rabi. In women’s Gai Cup challenge, National golfer Dr Farida Naseer clinched the title with her impressive 79, closely followed by Mrs Ami
Qin.
chief guest on the occasion, Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik, Corps Commander Peshawar, gave away the trophies to the winners of the various events held on the final day and lauded the arrangements and overall atmosphere of the event. Begum Corps Commander Lt Gen
Asif Yasin Malik distributed prizes among the female winners in the event and the Children’s Putting event.
Secretary Pakistan Golf Federation Taimur Hassan was also presented on the occasion and claimed that the fairways and greens of the PAF Golf Course is the best in Pakistan.
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