KARACHI: Matloob Ahmed finished his round on Saturday and sat in the lounge overlooking the cloakroom at the Karachi Golf Club to give his legs a rest.
“They’re a bit stiff,” he said as he stretched them out after a four-under 68 that saw him displace his long-time rival Shabbir Iqbal atop the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s final round at the CNS Open Golf Championship.
Unlike Shabbir, who isn’t speaking to reporters until his self-imposed embargo till the end of the final round of the CNS Open Golf Championship, Matloob has no qualms. Indeed, he loves talking. Not just about golf but other things as well.
Shabbir cards 67 to take pole position in CNS Open Golf
July 10, 2021
KARACHI: Title favourite Shabbir Iqbal fired a sizzling round of five-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the Engro 25th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Open Golf Championship here at the Karachi Golf Club on Friday.
Shabbir, who sees the picture-perfect KGC course as a happy hunting ground, was in his element as he made a series of birdies to propel himself to the top spot on the leader-board of the Rs8.5 million championship.
With first day’s leader Waheed Baloch carding a par round of 72, Shabbir now enjoys a clear lead with a two-day aggregate of 136 (-8).
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March 7, 2021
In Pakistan the golfing authorities in the past allowed players who were actually professionals to compete in amateur tournaments
Saim Shazli stands proud with his glittering trophy. He has just won the prestigious Sindh Amateur Golf Championship title at the Karachi Golf Club. This is his second title of the season after having won the CAS Open amateur trophy at the Airmen Golf Club, also in Karachi. For several years, the big-hitting Saim had been a leading amateur in Pakistan but this is for the first time he has actually won ranking events.
The reason? For years, top amateurs of the country had been competing and falling short against professionals in national ranking amateur competitions.