Last year's defending champion of Bank AL Habib's Rashid D. Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Tournament- Matloob Ahmed is leading on third day with under 8 and 208 gross. Muhammad Shabbir along with M Munir are trailing behind with joint score of 212 gross 4 under par. The third round started early morning around 0745 hours with very chilled weather and windy condition. It was tough for golfers to hit straight shots and making putts in the wind. First round of senior professional category was played today. Iftikhar Hussain of Rawalpindi Gymkhana Club is leading with gross score of 70 gross and 2 under par. Manzoor Ahmed of Gymkhana Club is following him with 72 at par. Similarly, in the first round of junior professional played today, Akash Bashir and Muhammad Saqib were jointly leading with gross 72 at par. The final round will be played on Sunday, followed by Prize Distribution ceremony. Tomorrow 53 national golfers will participate in final round of national professional category. Cut was applied on seniors and juniors and tomorrow best 17 in senior professional category and 11 in junior will compete for championship

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