Hussain emergesRoyal Palm Golf champ

LAHORE: Hussain Hamid emerged as Royal Palm Golf Tournament champion after grueling rounds that outshined several of the top-notchers.

The event was contested at the Royal Palm Golf Course over the past two days, the high achiever turned out to be a very young and talented one, Hussain Hamid. This golfer of substance is a five handicapper and through consistency and in-depth knowledge of the Royal Palm Golf Course, he managed to capture the Royal Palm Champions title for the year. This honor he attained through admirable application of golfing techniques which helped to outshine and outwit many other strong contenders. Conditions were challenging at the golf course and even some forceful golfers like Damil Ataullah, Shahid Abbas and Farid Malik ended up with a disappointing outing with strokes losses just too many and their overall score nowhere near the mark of excellence. As for the victorious one, his scores of gross 76 in the first round and gross 79 in the final 18 holes reflected good, steady play and with a two days aggregate of 155, Hussain Hamid managed to lay his hands on the title trophy and the coveted champions title.

The other one to show resilience and good play was Azfar Hassan whose effort was merely good enough to fetch him the runners up slot. He lost to Hussain Hamid by a margin of two strokes, his aggregate score being 157 as against 155 of Hussain Hamid.In the race for honours in seniors category the conqueror in gross section was Imran Miraj, thanks to some fanciful hitting and besides the joy of winning he felt elated as he managed to curb the challenge put up by seasoned seniors like Mansoor Zaigham, Col Jameel and Irfan Raja. And the winner in seniors net category was Hamid Sharif.

In the other events, also at stake was the captain’s prize. This prestigious prize was won by Asad Agha with Tanveer Agha being runners up. At the prize distribution ceremony, Ramzan Shaikh, CEO, Royal Palm handed over the champions trophy to Hussain Hamid who was also declared the Champions Champion based on his performances during the year. Ramzan Shaikh also announced that the new captain of Royal Palm will be Abdullah Sharif.