Faisal, Hussain star in Azadi Cup Golf

LAHORE: Faisal Sayid and Hussain Hamid won the titles in their respective categories in the Azadi Cup Golf Tournament held at the Royal Palm Golf Course on Tuesday.

As soon as the tee off had taken place, the golf competition became a furious and gutsy affair with each participating competitor trying to outdo the other. In the process some over ardent ones lost their poise and calmness and inaccuracies in shot making wriggled in and their winning chances suffered with each poor shot.

Notable was the performance of Faisal Sayid in the handicap category 0-12,as he turned out to be the best one in the net category carding a net 71 and acquiring the first position. Farid Malik succeeded in seizing the net runner-up slot with a score of net 75.

In the gross section the front line winner was Hussain Hamid through a score of gross 77. Runner-up in gross was Shahid Abbas with score of 82.As for the competitors seeking to emerge as the top ones in the handicap category 13 to 18, the bright one in net section was SM Shakeel and the runner-up was Ahmed Asad. Gross winner in this handicap category was Ahmed Buksh and the runner-up was Imran Haider.

Senior section results: Lt Gen (r) Hilal Hussain net winner; Imran Mairaj net runner-up; Jehanzaib Khan gross winner; Irfan Raja gross runner-up.