LAHORE - Ace national golfer Tariq Mehmood shattered the front runner Ghazanfar dream to win the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Amateur Golf Championship here at the Royal Palm Golf Course on Saturday.
Tariq of Pakistan Navy stopped Ghazanfar’s march to victory and wiped out the overnight deficit of eight strokes and then in a playoff with Ghazanfar, he went on to birdie the first playoff hole to stamp his authority in the event.
In the net category, Hussain Hamid was first with net score of 214 while Waleed Zubair was second with 216 and Raza Ali third with a score of 217. The ladies gross winner was Ghazala Yasmin of Gujranwala Golf Club and the seniors gross winner was Javed Khan of Wapda.
In the invitational category the top performer in gross section was Rear Admiral Khan Hasham Bin Sadiq while Commodore Usman Tariq was the runner up. Net winner was Air Commodore Sohail Ahmed and net runner-up was Air Vice Marshal Asad Lodhi. Asad IA Khan won the nearest to the pin prize.
Pakistan Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Asif Sandila was the chief guest and gave away the prizes and trophies to the notable winners.