Mohd Lokman wins PGABS Grand Finale tournament
KUCHING: Mohd Lokman Mustaf fa emerged overal l champion i n t he Sarawak Bumiputera Amateur Gol f Association ( PGABS) Grand Finale tournament at the Damai Golf and Country Club ( DGCC) yesterday.
The handicap three golfer won the PGABS’ President Trophy after he returned a two- day gross score of 150 while Johari Aman finished second five strokes adrift and Samsudin Mulok came in third with 156 strokes.
The title is the second for the 46year old golfer who won the 4th Sarawak Grand golf championship at DGCC last month.
“I did not expect to win because the competition is stiff with so many golfers competing for the top honours,” said Lokman who carded a gross score of 77 on the first day and improved his game on the second day with a score of one- over 73.
In the Kenyalang Trophy category which was based on nett score, Ajes Tuah came in first after he carded a total two-day nett score of 144 while Sukiman Aini finished second with a score of 146 and Khalid Hamid was third with 147 on count back (OCB).
The victory is the first for Ajes this year and he also did not expect it since it was Sukiman who led the rest of the pack on the first day with a three-under par 69.
But the second day of play was in favour of Ajes who managed to improve his score to 69 after a disastrous first day score of 75 while Sukiman recorded 77 strokes.
In the fray for the Kaok Trophy among the senior golfers, Sukarman Selamat emerged the winner after he carded a two- day total score of 153 while Mazlan Mohamad Salleh finished second with just one stroke adrift and Zabidi Shahbaneh came in third with 156.
Sukarman led the rest of the field from day one of the competition with 77 strokes on the first day and improved his score to 76 on the second day even though Mazlan staged a late comeback with 74 strokes in the final round.
In the Boys category, Aiman Zuhairi won the Pipit Trophy after he carded a total nett score of 167strokes while in the Girls’ category, Lia Rajemah came in first with a total nett score of 147.
T he c lo s i n g a nd p r i z e presentation ceremony was performed by PGABS president Mohd Sabry Othman who expressed his satisfaction on the encouraging response as well as the high level of competition among the participating golfers.
Also present during the function was DGCC general manager Roslan Mohd Salleh who disclosed that the club will be hosting the statelevel MAKSAK golf tournament on Nov 18 and the Arnold Palmer Golf Classic on Nov 19.
He said there will be over 100 golfers who are taking part in this year’s Arnold Palmer Golf Classic event which is being held as a tribute to the legendary golfer who was also the designer of DGCC’s golf course.