Abid shines in Royal Palm golf event

LAHORE: M Abid picked up the winning trophy in Royal Palm Monthly Medal Golf with a score of gross 80, thereby categorized as the June 2021 Monthly Medal gross champion in the handicap category 0-16.

The competition for the Royal Palm Monthly Medal Golf Tournament for the June segment 2021 was contested at the par-72 Royal Palm Golf Course. At stake were events for champion amateurs in handicap category 1-16, amateurs in handicap category 17-18, senior amateurs above 55 years and the newly introduced category for juniors under 16 years of age.

During the course of the 18 holes head to head rivalry, Abid displayed immense accuracy in his hitting off the tees on all par fours and par fives and backed up the accuracy loaded drives with good hitting effort. He did encounter setbacks on the 10th hole and the 12th which resulted in double bogies.

Another one who made his mark in the gross category was Abbad Chaudry who could not win but had to be content with the runners up trophy. In this handicap category, the top performer in net section was Hassan Naseem and runner up net prize was secured by Moazzam Ali Shah. The golfer who performed superbly in the senior section was Dr Mohsin with a net score of 68.