Shabbir Iqbal, the top ranked professional golfer of the country emerged as the leader at the end of two rounds with scores of 70 on the second day and an aggregate of 139, in the three rounds Punjab Open Golf Championship at the Defence Raya Golf Course.
Quite a few of the leading contenders of the first round like Matloob Ahmed, M.Afzal and Jafal Hussain got irritated by their imperfections and failed to come up with even a semblance of brilliance. An upcoming young one of Islamabad Golf Club, Hamza Amin turned out to be the pick of the second round and emerged as the one who could challenge Shabbir Iqbal in the final round.
Hamza who was placed lower down after the first round gained more authority as a strong contender with a brilliant round of three under par yesterday. This was compiled with the help of eight birdies on holes 1,2,4,6,7,12,16 and 18 ,six pars and a couple of stroke losses on holes 3,9,14(two) and 17.Hamza now has a two rounds aggregate of 141,three under par and he trails the leader by two shots and appears determined to curb the advance the advance of Shabbir Iqbal to the title. "I am pleased with my performance today and have a game plan for the final round on Sunday", Hamza said."The Defence Raya Golf Course facilitates long hitters like me and I hope to use the experience to good effect" he continued.
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