KARACHI: Ahmed Baig receives the trophy after winning the DHA Karachi Cup on Sunday.
KARACHI: Having relinquished his Sindh Open title last week, Ahmed Baig had vowed he will rebound very quickly.
For sure, he did.
Ahmed stormed to victory at the DHA Karachi Cup All Pakistan Golf Championship on Sunday as he emphatically turning a two-stroke deficit into a six-shot margin of victory, leaving his rivals trailing in his wake.
The 22-year-old sensation was so good at the Defence Authority Golf and Country Club that once he got into the lead, no one really stood a chance.
“Everything went according to plan today,” Ahmed told
Shabbir Iqbal. in fine touch once again.
KARACHI: Mohammad Munir and Shabbir Iqbal claimed the first-round lead at the Sindh Open Golf Championship, the duo firing 67 each here at the Arabian Sea Country Club on Friday.
That gave them a one-shot lead over Taimoor Khan and Khalid Khan and a two-stroke advantage over a group of three golfers including defending champion Ahmed Baig, Talat Ijaz and Mohammad Khalid.
“I’m happy with my showing overall even if I feel my putting wasn’t that good in the end,” Ahmed, who hit five birdies, told
Dawn.
Munir started off with a bogey but then reeled off four successive birdies at the end of the front nine. He had another bogey on the 13th but then hit back with birdies on the 15th, 16th and 18th holes to grab a share of the lead.