Matloob Ahmed maintains lead in Rashid D. Habib golf championship

KARACHI: Matloob Ahmed of Lahore Gymkhana maintained the lead on third day of the eight Rashid D. Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Championship being played at Karachi Golf Course.

Today (Saturday), he scored another 3 under par to extend his overall score to 13 under par on the leadersboard.

The runner-up today was Hamza Amin of Islamabad who did 68 with 4 under par. His total for three days is 204-14 under par. Muhammad Naeem of Peshawar played well to achieve third position on the leadersboard with 67 -5 under par.

The defending champion Muhammad Shabbir Iqbal is on fourth position with 209-7 under par while another veteran Waheed Baloch of KGC is at sixth position today with 211 -5 under par.

The 46 golfers shortlisted after two-day cut participated from all over Pakistan played and played with clear visibility on KGC’s greens.

The Pros and Caddies round concluded today with Ayaz Gul achieving the top position, followed by Taj Nabi of KPT and Shehzad Yousuf.

Nabeel Khan took the lead in KGC caddies category. M Nawaz and Kalfort Jan followed him with second and third positions respectively.

Latif Khaskheli took first position in the KGC Veteran Professionals category. In this category second position went to Syed Jamal Badshah and Abdul Karim took third.

The final round for Senior and Junior Professional Golfers will be played on Sunday.