Another good news for the Pakistani Nation. After winning the T20 World Cup 2009 now Pakistan qualifies for the Golf world Cup 2009for the first time in the history. Muhammad Shabbir and Muhammad Munir etched their names in the history books as they guided Pakistan to their first Omega Mission Hills World Cup on Saturday.
The unheralded Pakistani duo shot a superb three-under-par 68 in the final round foursomes at Seri Selangor Golf Club to finish third at the Asian qualifier, which was won by pre-tournament favourites Singapore.
The popularity of golf in Pakistan has been growing since last few years. It still remains an elite game, expensive to play and maintain as well. But as more and more courses emerge and even schools starting their golf teams, it is a sport that is growing in popularity. It is also one of the most closely followed global games and it is good to see Pakistan making it to the Golf World Cup.
Mohammad Shabbir and Mohammad Munir etched their names in the country’s history books by guiding Pakistan to its first Mission Hills World Cup after finishing in the top three at the Asian qualifiers in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, on Saturday. The unheralded Pakistani duo shot a superb three-under-par 68 in the final round foursomes at the Seri Selangor Golf Club to finish third behind winners Singapore, represented by Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat, and the Philippines’ pair of Mars Pucay and Angelo Que.
Lam and Mardan secured their fourth World Cup appearance together after claiming a one-stroke victory following a closing 72 for a four-day total of 15-under-par 269 while Que and Pucay also signed off with a 72 to finish one back. A World Cup appearance continues to elude the Malaysian pair of Iain Steel and Danny Chia as they ended fourth after a battling 71 while Myanmar finished a further three strokes behind following a 74.
“Pakistan have played in the cricket World Cup, hockey World Cup and squash World Cup but never before in our history that we’ve been in golf’s World Cup,” said a delighted Munir.
“I don’t know how to describe how we feel right now. I’m sure everyone in Pakistan will be very happy,” he added.
Pakistan mixed their scorecard with four birdies against two bogeys before a nailing crucial final birdie on the 18th hole to seal a historic debut against the world’s best in China later in November.
Shabbir, who recently recovered from a long-term back injury, relied mostly on Munir’s experience. And he said that his partner steered them to third place.
‘I couldn’t read the greens this week and I told Munir that I was out of form. But he told me that he had confidence in me and guided me along. That’s how we made the cut,’ he said.
‘Pakistan played well. They shot three under and in this format it is very good. I had a feeling after the 14th hole that we needed to make some birdies and we were pressing but unfortunately, we didn’t get it done,’ said Steel.
Muhammad Munir
Muhammad Shabbir
Final round scores:269 – Singapore (LAM Chih Bing, Mardan MAMAT) 64-71-62-72
270 – Philippines (Mars PUCAY, Angelo QUE) 60-72-66-72
274 – Pakistan (Mohammad SHABBIR, Mohammad MUNIR) 68-73-65-68
(Top three teams qualify for Mission Hills World Cup)
276 – Malaysia (Danny CHIA, Iain STEEL) 66-74-65-71
279 – Myanmar (Zaw MOE, Soe Kyaw NAING) 67-73-65-74
284 – Hong Kong (David FREEMAN, WONG Woon Man) 66-72-67-79
286 – Bangladesh (Milon AHMED, Siddikur RAHMAN) 69-74-69-74
293 – Indonesia (Maan NASIM, SARMILIH) 69-77-72-75
296 – Sri Lanka (Lalith KUMARA, Anura ROHANA) 70-77-68-81
296 – Nigeria Christian UTUBOR, Edet UMOH) 70-80-69-77
308 – Ghana (Theophilus KODJO, Emos KORBLAH) 74-81-75-78
309 – Brunei (Faiz DAMIT, Pengiran HASSANAL) 74-77-77-81
332 – Mauritius (Rajesh MOHUN, Jocelyn SAVRIMOOTOO) 77-89-74-92
DQ – NEPAL (Ramesh NAGARKOTI, Pashupati SHARMA)
82-84-75
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