Hamza, Safdar share lead in Nabi Yousaf Golf

LAHORE: The Nabi Yousaf Memorial Open Golf tournament commenced at the par 72 Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Course here on Friday morning.Right from the word go, noticeable was the rhythm of Hamza Amin and other champions such as M Safdar (Gujranwala) and Shabbir Iqbal (Islamabad).Hamza of Islamabad, who is among top professional golfers of the country, produced the best round of the day with a brilliant score of gross 67, five under par.Throughout the first round, he displayed excellent shot-making ability and some real good putting on the greens. Hamza had birdies on five holes (hole numbers 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14) and pars on the thirteen holes. And his round of 67 that propelled him to the top of the leader board was bogie free.Joining him at the top was M Safdar of Gujranwala. His score of gross 67 was the result of six birdies on holes 3, 6, 9, 11, 13 and just one bogie on the 10th hole.Just one stroke behind Hamza and Safdar was Shabbir, the undisputed leader of Pakistan golf, with a score of gross 68, four under par, assembled with five birdies on holes 1, 3, 12, 13 and 17.Though he lost a stroke on the 6th hole, he is in a position to get a better standing in the second round on Saturday (today).Others competitors in line are Zubair Satti (Islamabad) 69, Shafiq Masih (Gymkhana) 69, Ali Naqas (Islamabad) 70, Raheel Ikram (Gujranwala) 71, Arif Ali (Gujranwala) 71, Wisal Khan (Peshawar) 71, M Munir (Islamabad) 72, Shahbaz Masih (Gymkhana) 72 and Rehmatullah (DHA) 72.The second round will commence on Saturday at 7:30am.

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