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Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Sport
- Business Recorder
Eighteen hosts lively golf tournament on Independence Day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Independence Day was celebrated in style as Eighteen, the country's elite housing community, hosted a lively golf tournament that brought together top golfers, rising talent, and the club members for a day of spirited competition. Sponsored by Mövenpick Hotel Centaurus Islamabad and Reliance Golf, the event blended sporting excellence with national pride. Adding to the excitement, Pakistan's tennis icon Aisam-ul-Haq was also present on the occasion, congratulating winners and sharing words of encouragement with participants. Players took to The Club at Eighteen's stunning course early in the morning right after a prestigious flag raising ceremony, displaying skill across all categories. Honors of the day went to the Stroke Play Gross category, where Usman Javed CH claimed the top spot, followed by Saeed-ud-Din and Syed Amjad Mustafa. In the Stroke Play Net category, Ahmed Mustafa Farukh emerged as the winner, with Nadeem Ahmed Jamil in second place and Sher Ali Khan in third. The Best Senior title went to Riazatullah Bhatti, The Longest Drive title went to Usman Javed Ch and The Closest to pin title went to Brig Obaid UR Rehman (R).
Express Tribune
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Opportunities wasted by PTF
The approach of Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) towards development of tennis in Pakistan is flawed. Instead of investing in grassroots programmes, the federation office-bearers are focusing on joyriding foreign junkets and meaningless events like the Serena tournament, featuring a clutch of old faces past their prime, comprising over 45 men and over 30 women. This is a blatant waste of precious sponsorship money. The lone achievement cited of Aisam-ul-Haq's victory was in an event for non-professionals. The consequences of the PTF's mismanagement are palpable in the plummeting standards of Pakistan tennis. Pakistan's women's team during the current management's tenure has been relegated from Group 2 to Group 3 for the first time in history, while the men's team continues to suffer humiliating defeat after defeat in the Davis Cup, barely clinging to Group 2 and perilously close to being relegated to Group 3, following the humiliation suffered by the women's team. It is high time the PTF got serious and took responsibility for its actions instead of presenting a false picture of achievements and splurging precious sponsorship money, keeping even the sponsors in dark about the sad reality of declining tennis standards in the country. Lt Col (retd) Asif Dar Islamabad
