South Korean Kim wins Pak open golf championship.

LAHORE -- Joohyung Kim of South Korea showed abounding and exuberant golf playing brilliance and intelligence loaded motivation to emerge as the Pakistan Open title winner and won the glittering trophy here on Sunday at Defence Raya golf club course.

The event which also served as four days Asian development tour was participated by 20 foreign players drawn from 10 countries besides 85 home professional golfers and 5 amateurs.

The winner got the first cash prize of US dollars 14,000 out of a total allocated cash of US 80,000 with the balance being distributed among the 51 other position holders in accordance with the Asia Tour Prize Distribution Policy.

During the course of the four rounds at the admirable and commendable Defence Raya Golf Course, Kim has given a lustrous and pulsating display of golfing skills that impressed even his adversaries.

Driving off the tees was powerful and accurate and his approach shots to the green were classy and most of the time they landed within five to six feet of the hole. His victory came through scores of 66 in the first round, a flamboyant 64 in the second round,68 in the third round and an effective 73 on the final day on Sunday and his aggregate winning score was 271, seventeen under par. And he was honored by the Commander 4 Corps ,Lahore Lt Gen Majid Ehsan ,who came personally to award the trophy and winning cheque.

"Pakistan has been rewarding for me" said Kim "and what makes the visit memorable is that I have won the national champions title of Pakistan."

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