The Pakistan Day Coke Golf Tournament concluded at the Gymkhana Golf Course yesterdy with Amir Mehmood managing a winning edge over his seasoned rivals Mohsin Zafar and Shahid A.Khan at the end of the 18holes competition.Right till the very last putt,the ultimate result hung in balance,till a review of the final scores showed that Amir had beaten Mohsin by fetching a better score on the back nine holes and that helped him to slide Mohsin’s position to the second slot.Amir carded a gross 75 for the day,a score also acheived by Mohsin.Shahid grossed a76.The Coke sponsors felt satisfied that the turnout was full and 86 leading amateurs,all turned out to try a hand at winning honors.However as is usual in such encounters not too many end up winning honors as they fade away losing stokes with a gay abandon and the only consolation is that they have had a golf outing on their favourite golf course.
Winners of other events:Handicap category 13-18;Shazil Ibrahim(1st net);Rehman Salim(2nd net);Qasim Riaz(3rd net);Jamal Nasir(1st gross);Dr.Arshad Mehmood(2nd gross);Babar Chaudry(3rd gross);Handicap 7-12;Mahad Zafar(1st net);Dr.Zafar Nasrullah(2nd net);Saeed Ahmed(3rd net);Amir Ali(1st gross);Asad Khan(2nd gross);Hamza Asif(3rd gross);Handicap 0-6;Shahid A.Khan(1st net);Sardar Murad Khan(2nd net);Mohsin Anwer(3rd net).Dr.Prof M.Latif Chaudry won the veterans net and Javed A.Zia the veterans gross.Qayum Rashid topped in seniors gross and Dr.Sheikh Amer Ali in seniors net.At the conclusion of the ceremony John Sewar,Country General Manager awarded prizes to winners in a ceremony attended by Mian Misbah ur rehman,Khawaja Imran Zubair,Qamar Khan,Zuhair Mehmood and Zafar Abbas of Coke,participating golfers and families.
