Golf Pakistan- 2nd Jinnah Tour ’19: Round 2; Atiq ur Rehman In Command

KARACHI: The Day 2 of the 2nd Jinnah Golf  Development Tour progressed at the PAF Airmen Golf Course. At the end of the second round, young Atiq ur Rehman of Karachi Golf Club showed reliable and enduring golfing skills to surface as the top contender, going into the final phase of this selection related event. 

On Monday, in the course of the first round he was steady too and was again outstanding. He demonstrated the touch of a champion and with two rounds scores of 72 and 74, he has a two rounds aggregate of 146 and is ahead of 89 contenders.

Others in line for top honors are Arshed Rasheed (Karachi) and his aggregate score for two rounds is 147, M. Rizwan of Lahore Gymkhana is  also placed at the two days aggregate score of 147. Both these aspirants are one stroke behind the leader and seek to come up with an enviable performance on the final day on Wednesday, to prevail over the leader and other strong contenders like Sunny Masih (Gymkhana) and Shahbaz Masih (Karachi) who lie at an aggregate score of 148.

The cut was placed yesterday and 38 participants stand weeded out. Only 51 play the final round on 21st August (Wednesday) at the challenging PAF Airmen Golf Course.

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