LAHORE - The 1st MG Golf Tournament held with an exceptionally well composition of ladies and men amateur golfers along with junior girls category.
It was an inspiring sight to watch all golfers being fully committed and enthusiastic towards performing and showing their skills set at the Gymkhana Golf Course, a home to an outstanding dexterity for the game.
Tournament Director Aisha Moazzam has shown her above average capability to conduct an immaculate golf event that invited the best players to compete for their honor of winning the tournament. Justice Nasira Javed Iqbal was the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners and expressed great pleasure to be there to celebrate the success of the event.
Faisal Afridi, the owner of MG, whose generous sponsorship and an offer of MG car for hole in one, tempted the best of golfers to participate. Mian Misbah-ur-Rehman, Chairman Gymkhana Club, and Sarmad Nadeem, Convenor Golf, attended the ceremony.
The match was divided in categories to allow different skill set of golfers and different age groups to compete on a level playing field. The categories include Ladies Amateur Cat A (H’cap 0-12), Cat B (H’cap 13-24), Cat C (H’cap 25-36). Men Amateur were divided among Cat A (H’cap 0-9) and Cat A (H’cap 10-18). The tournament also had Senior Ladies above 55 and Junior girls below 14 years.
Among the prize winners, Parkha Ijaz won the best gross in Ladies Cat A and was the best golfer of the event. Iman Ali finished second and Ghazala Yasmin third. The net winners were Ana James Gill (1st), Bushra Fatima (2nd) and Laiba Ali Shah (3rd).
In Ladies Cat B, Sameea Javid Ali won 1st net and Shahzadi Gulfam 1st gross. In Ladies Cate C, 1st net Iffat Zahra and 1st gross Munazza Shaheen. In Senior Ladies Cat, 1st net was won by Ayesha Hamid and 1st gross by Dr Shami. Among Junior Girls, Yasmeen Zaman Khan won 1st gross, Uswa Siddique 2nd and Noor Zahra Shah 3rd. In Men Amateur Cat A, 1st gross was won by Mohsen Zafar while Ahmed Zafar Hayat finished 2nd. In Men Cat B, Amir Rashid won 1st gross and Rafaqat Hussain 1st net.
Dr. Asma Shami, in her address, expressed how ladies golf had progressed in the last four years, with seven exclusive ladies championships on the PGF calendar. “Our primary focus is on facilitating single handicappers and talent hunt. This area was amply covered, by holding international events, our girls with single handicaps are already desirous to improve their game. “As for the talent hunt, the golfing grandmothers and mothers are already actively involved in introducing their daughters and granddaughters into the game.”
She particularly praised Aisha Moazzam, tournament director, for conducting the tournament in such a professional manner. Dr Shami hoped that this event will become a yearly Gymkhana Club Tournament, by way of improving upon it every year and making it a three days ladies golf championship event.
It was an inspiring sight to watch all golfers being fully committed and enthusiastic towards performing and showing their skills set at the Gymkhana Golf Course, a home to an outstanding dexterity for the game.
Tournament Director Aisha Moazzam has shown her above average capability to conduct an immaculate golf event that invited the best players to compete for their honor of winning the tournament. Justice Nasira Javed Iqbal was the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners and expressed great pleasure to be there to celebrate the success of the event.
Faisal Afridi, the owner of MG, whose generous sponsorship and an offer of MG car for hole in one, tempted the best of golfers to participate. Mian Misbah-ur-Rehman, Chairman Gymkhana Club, and Sarmad Nadeem, Convenor Golf, attended the ceremony.
The match was divided in categories to allow different skill set of golfers and different age groups to compete on a level playing field. The categories include Ladies Amateur Cat A (H’cap 0-12), Cat B (H’cap 13-24), Cat C (H’cap 25-36). Men Amateur were divided among Cat A (H’cap 0-9) and Cat A (H’cap 10-18). The tournament also had Senior Ladies above 55 and Junior girls below 14 years.
Among the prize winners, Parkha Ijaz won the best gross in Ladies Cat A and was the best golfer of the event. Iman Ali finished second and Ghazala Yasmin third. The net winners were Ana James Gill (1st), Bushra Fatima (2nd) and Laiba Ali Shah (3rd).
In Ladies Cat B, Sameea Javid Ali won 1st net and Shahzadi Gulfam 1st gross. In Ladies Cate C, 1st net Iffat Zahra and 1st gross Munazza Shaheen. In Senior Ladies Cat, 1st net was won by Ayesha Hamid and 1st gross by Dr Shami. Among Junior Girls, Yasmeen Zaman Khan won 1st gross, Uswa Siddique 2nd and Noor Zahra Shah 3rd. In Men Amateur Cat A, 1st gross was won by Mohsen Zafar while Ahmed Zafar Hayat finished 2nd. In Men Cat B, Amir Rashid won 1st gross and Rafaqat Hussain 1st net.
Dr. Asma Shami, in her address, expressed how ladies golf had progressed in the last four years, with seven exclusive ladies championships on the PGF calendar. “Our primary focus is on facilitating single handicappers and talent hunt. This area was amply covered, by holding international events, our girls with single handicaps are already desirous to improve their game. “As for the talent hunt, the golfing grandmothers and mothers are already actively involved in introducing their daughters and granddaughters into the game.”
She particularly praised Aisha Moazzam, tournament director, for conducting the tournament in such a professional manner. Dr Shami hoped that this event will become a yearly Gymkhana Club Tournament, by way of improving upon it every year and making it a three days ladies golf championship event.