Ghazanfar Mehmood of Garden City Golf Club Rawalpindi won the 6th Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Championship that concluded at the internationally ranked Royal Palm Golf and Country Course on Sunday. Mr Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana, the Governor Punjab was the Chief Guest of the occasion. The three-day event was held from 25-27 November and has become a quintessential of National Golf Events since its debut in 2011. 381 enthusiast golfers participated in various categories which include Amateurs, Seniors, Ladies and Juniors.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana, the Governor Punjab congratulated the winning golfers and appreciated skills, dexterity and sportsman spirit displayed by all, throughout the event. Earlier, in his welcome address, the Organiser and Station Commander (Navy) Lahore, Cdre S. M. Shahzad thanked the Chief Guest for sparing his valuable time for gracing the closing ceremony. The Station Commander highlighted that Pakistan Navy, under the clear directions of Chief of the Naval Staff, besides undertaking its primary role of defending sea frontiers of Pakistan, has always remained at the fore-front in promoting sports activities in the country.
At the conclusion of this three days long amateur championship, skills and dexterity of experienced national golfer Ghazanfar Mehmood of Garden City Golf Club Rawalpindi with a gross score of 216 enabled him to stamp his name on this prestigious trophy.
The invitational match trophy was won by Zafar Mehmood with a Gross score of 37. During the contest, he played exceedingly well.
In the ladies section the gross winner is Zaib un Nisa of Royal Palm Golf & Country Club Lahore with a Gross score of 82.
In the Juniors section the gross winner is Taimur Malik of Defence Raya Golf Club Lahore with a Gross score of 80.
The grand prize distribution ceremony was also attended by a large number of civil & military dignitaries and participating golfers.-PR