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The Golden Boy of Pakistan Golf now committed to CaddiePlayer
News from Southport British Masters week
After a series of conquests on the juniors and amateurs circuit, Pakistan national golf star Ahmad Baig will now turn his attention to the professional arena. Baig, who won the Bangladesh National Amateur Championship in Dhaka, has turn pro after Lt Gen Mian Hilal Hussain, President Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF), agreed to use his authority and exempt Baig from PGF’s qualifying school.
“Ahmad Baig will join the professionals’ ranks,” Gen Hilal told ‘The News’. “Baig has been wanting to turn pro for quite some time but we wanted him to represent Pakistan as an amateur internationally. We wanted him to win titles like the Bangladesh National Championship and now that he has done it, he can now play golf as a professional,” .Baig had also requested President PGF to award him a direct entry into the professionals’ circuit after he won the CNS Amateurs Championship last year in Lahore where he carded a record score of -25 in the three-day championship. “We wish him a lot of success as a professional,” said Gen Hilal, who will preside over a ceremony in Lahore on Tuesday when the PGF will award Baig Tour exemptions.
Baig, 22, can look forward to featuring in an expanded national professional circuit. Baig certainly seems to have the guts to shine at the professional level. Last year was an extremely memorable year for Baig, who won the Faldo Pakistan Series in Karachi as a junior ( Baig also won the Faldo Series Asia Finals in Vietnam).
Six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo, Britain's most successful golfer, said:
"having played so well in our Asia Grand Final, Baig is clearly an outstanding prospect with a bright golfing future ahead of him."
Ten years on Tour Stephane Barras , Swiss's most successful golf coach and CaddiePlayer founder, said:
"having followed Baig at the 2018 Qatar Masters, I witness something unique in his way of playing the game. Baig golf is magical"
.... #LallaMeryemCup #TropheeHassanII counted 12 CaddiePlayers register! More to remember I crossed 3 swiss passeport holders into the field > Players Melanie Maetzler, Joel Girrbach and Caddie of Pedro Oriol, Hafner Manuel. I havent seen so many Swiss on the Main tour since a long time.... Melanie and Manuel both missed the cut, Joel and I (I was coaching Richard Sterne) made it to the weekend. Richard played solid to finish 9th and stay within the top10 Race to Dubai Ranking. Joel end up 67th. As far as CaddiePlayers registered participants I counted 12... Best lady was LET Camilla Lennarth 13th.
On the side as always I enjoyed my week in Rabat! The weather turned to be nice and as usuall had great Tajin, Couscous and walked through the Medinhat which is always an experience. I do not want to miss to congratulate the winners both from Spain! Oleeee #IamCaddiePlayerStephane
What can I say about the 14/1 odds on Tiger to win the Masters for the fifth times? Everything has been said allready by everybody.... for my inside story I watch it all in a Camper next to the Waldkirch Golf Club in Switzerland on my way to Swiss PGA General Assembly where our Swiss PGA Chairman Keith Mariott main moto was: "One Direction - One Roof" Focusing on Visibility, Influence, and Income > https://swisspga.ch/fr/news
It was hard to believe that Tiger would win on Sunday after Molinari 3 shots advantage on 12th... but how great it was for golf... now that its all done is it even harder to believe the story of broke gambler James who according to Golf World quoted: "Everything I had that I could afford to lose," I place it on Tiger. Why? "I just thought it was pre-destined for him to win," and Sunday night James was 1,190,000 USD richer!
On the stats side maybe this one from 15th club might be interesting to you: Before dropping a shot on the seventh hole Sunday, Francesco Molinari put together a run of 49 consecutive holes without a bogey or worse, the second-longest such streak in the history of The Masters. Molinari wound up with four bogeys or worse – two of them double-bogeys. That is tied for the fewest bogeys or worse in the last 30 Masters – Steve Stricker also made just four back in 2009.
I recall Molinari having a holiday house in my home town Crans Montana, Switzerland and remember seeing him every morning 8h00 during summer holiday practicing his swing.... To finish with, Li Hao Tong and Emiliano Grillo, two players I assist in the past, finished (T43 and T62) where for the first time 65 players made the cut...this is just to show how the general golf level has improved and in that respect Tiger and James luck was extraordinary the best things that could happen for the WORLD OF GOLF. > http://www.augusta.com/
