Pakistan’s Saad Habib Malik poses with trophies after profitable the sixty fourth Pakistan Beginner Golf Championship in Karachi. — Reporter
KARACHI: Saad Habib Malik staged a sensational comeback to win the sixty fourth Pakistan Beginner Golf Championship, held September 4-7 on the Defence Authority Nation and Golf Membership in Karachi.
The four-day match, that includes main golfers from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, carried invaluable World Beginner Golf Rating (WAGR) factors and resulted in a nail-biting finale.
Habib, who fell to fifteenth place after a poor second spherical that included a pricey error on the eighth gap, clawed his manner again with a gradual 73 within the third spherical.
Coming into the ultimate day in sixth place, he produced his greatest golf of the week — carding six birdies towards two bogeys to complete with a 4-under-par 68. That introduced his four-round whole to 294 (+6), sufficient to edge Sri Lanka’s Danushan Kanas Kumar by a single stroke.
Habib’s surge was highlighted by back-to-back-to-back birdies on the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth holes, which sealed his victory. “His resilience and composure under pressure were outstanding,” Pakistan Golf Federation officers stated after the win.
Kumar, who signed for a 75 with 5 bogeys and two birdies on the ultimate day, settled for second. Shahmeer Maajid was third at 297 (+9), whereas third-round chief Numan Ilyas slipped to fourth after scuffling with eight bogeys in his final spherical. Qasim Ali Khan rounded out the highest 5 at 299 (+11).
Within the girls’s competitors, Anya Faruq claimed the championship forward of Anna James Gill. Military received the lads’s staff title, whereas the FGA captured the senior males’s crown. Pakistan A, represented by Saad Habib and Nauman Ilyas, received the worldwide staff occasion and the Jeyewardene Trophy.
On the closing ceremony, Pakistan Golf Federation President Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Qazi Muhammad Ikram introduced the trophy to Habib, lauding his efficiency as “a proud moment for Pakistan’s golfing community.”
Saad, who additionally completed runner-up earlier this yr on the Dallas Beginner Championship, has now firmly established himself amongst Pakistan’s brightest younger skills.
Closing Leaderboard (Prime 5)
Saad Habib Malik (Pakistan) — 294 (+6)
Danushan Kanas Kumar (Sri Lanka) — 295 (+7)
Shahmeer Maajid (Pakistan) — 297 (+9)
Numan Ilyas (Pakistan) — 292 (+8)
Qasim Ali Khan (Pakistan) — 299 (+11)
