Beginner golfer Omar Khalid Hussain poses with the trophy after successful the 2026 Sindh Open Golf Championship on the Defence Authority Nation and Golf Membership (DACGC) in Karachi on July 12, 2026. — Reporter
KARACHI: Beginner golfer Omar Khalid created historical past by changing into the primary beginner participant to win the general Sindh Open Golf Championship title, ending forward of a number of skilled gamers.
Khalid produced an excellent efficiency over the 54-hole championship, ending at seven-under par to prime each the general and beginner standings. His exceptional show noticed him end two strokes forward of main skilled Minhaj Maqsood.
Regardless of lacking out on the general title, Maqsood emerged because the winner of the skilled class with a rating of five-under par, whereas Matloob Ahmed secured second place among the many professionals at four-under par.
Within the beginner class, Sharan Ali Khan completed second, whereas Syed Rayan Ahmed claimed third place.
The most recent achievement provides to an already exceptional profession for the younger golfer, who has repeatedly damaged new floor for Pakistan.
On the age of 16, Omar turned the youngest participant to win the Pakistan Nationwide Beginner Golf Championship earlier than later rising to develop into the nation’s youngest-ever No. 1 beginner golfer.
His success has additionally prolonged past Pakistan. Omar stays the one Pakistani golfer to win knowledgeable event in america after capturing the Fendrich Open title in Evansville, Indiana. He claimed the trophy with a 14-under-par combination over 36 holes, following excellent rounds of 61 and 65.
At the moment competing in NCAA Division I collegiate golf in america, Omar just lately turned the primary Pakistani golfer to earn NCAA All-Convention honours after securing a podium end on the Missouri Valley Convention (MVC) Males’s Golf Championship in Illinois.
Omar’s listing of milestones additionally contains changing into the primary and solely Pakistani golfer to make the minimize at a United States Golf Affiliation (USGA) occasion, reaching the feat on the US Junior Beginner Championship at Bandon Dunes, Oregon.
He additionally holds the file for the most important successful margin within the Faldo Collection Pakistan, claiming the title by a unprecedented 40 strokes.
Internationally, Omar has recorded a fourth-place end on the Qatar Open Golf Championship in Doha and has represented Pakistan on the Asian Video games, the Asia-Pacific Beginner Championship and the World Beginner Workforce Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy.
