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Shabbir shines in Garrison Open Golf

Published January 28, 2017 Updated January 28, 2017 12:00am

The All Pakistan Garrison Open Golf Championship 2017 got off to a superb start at the Lahore Garrison Golf Course, as the national number one ranked golf professional of the country, Shabbir Iqbal displayed incredible brilliance and over the first 18 holes carded a score of gross 65, seven under par.
All through the first round Shabbir played like a champion and not once did he falter on any shot. Every shot was played with full command and control and while the drives on the par fours and par fives were massive, the approach shots to the greens were magical, with the ball landing within four to six feet of the hole every time. He backed up his hitting with putting that can again be graded consistently excellent. The result of this effort was a round, studded with seven birdies and eleven pars.
By virtue of this authority loaded play; Shabbir tops the leader board at the conclusion of first day in this three days event.
This championship offers two cars as hole in one prize and on the first day a lucky breakthrough came the way of a junior golf professional Roman Khan. This youngster holed in one the par three 14th holes, and won a Suzuki Wagoner.
In the junior professionals section, the winner turned out to be Usman Ali with a score of 148. Shawan Pervaiz came second and Nasir Masih was third in the junior professionals section.