LAHORE - M Shabbir Iqbal of Islamabad Golf Club emerged as the best professional and Salman Jehangir of Lahore Gymkhana as best amateur in the 29th Prime Minister Open Golf Championship 2021 that concluded at the Rawalpindi Golf Club Golf Course on Sunday. 
Once again, the final round on Sunday was a pristine engagement between Shabbir Iqbal and Ahmad Baig of PAF in the professional section of the acclaimed Prime Minister Open Golf Championship. During the course of competitive play in the final round on Sunday, the run of play was fairly balanced and though Shabbir was really potent in his shot making, Ahmad inspite of being a younger player managed to avoid the strain and dread of Shabbir’s past achievements. 
Shabbir won with three round scores of 69, 69 and another 69 on the final day and an aggregate of 207, nine under par. Ahmad had rounds of 73, 67 and 68, an aggregate of 208, eight under par for the Championship. And he lost to the ultimate champion by one stroke. Another notable performer of the professional section was M Matloob of Lahore Garrison Greens with a score of 210, six under par as he ended up third. A few more, who did well are M Alam 212, Ashiq Hussain 214, M Tariq 214, M Munir 215 and M Shahzad 216. 
In the amateur section, Salman Jehangir of Lahore Gymkhana won the first gross with rounds of 76, 71 and 73 and a championship aggregate of 220. Runner-up in this section was Hussain Hamid of Royal Palm with a three days aggregate of 232. Hussain and Qasim Ali Khan had similar aggregates but was declared second because his score for last two rounds was better. 
Ladies section winners were Parkha Ijaz first, Rimsha Ijaz second and Hamna Amjad third. The net section ladies’ performers were Samina Ishtiaq first, Mrs Faraz Ahsan second and Meerab Rizwan third.
 In the junior professionals’ competition, Abdul Wadood came first, M Saqib was second and Musa Khan third. The championship was superbly organized by the team of Rawalpindi Golf Club. At the conclusion of the event, chief guest Asad Umer, Federal Minister, distributed prizes among the champions at the Rawalpindi Golf Club.