Players from four nations, including hosts Pakistan, will vie for glory in different category events
KARACHI:
The 62nd National Amateur Golf Championship will tee off on Wednesday at the Lahore Gymkhana featuring players from three countries besides hosts Pakistan for the first time in history.
The championship, supported by Smart City, is hosting golfers from Egypt, Qatar, and Sri Lanka.
The tournament has attracted top golfers by setting an eligibility requirement for each player to have a handicap of seven or below.
The four-day championship will see golfers vying for accolades in the categories of Men, Women, Seniors, International Team Match, and JR Jayawardene Trophy.
Pakistani players, including Salman Jehangir, Qasim Ali Khan, Saim Shazli, Hussain Hamid, and Mohsin Zafar, are targeting the silverware and are expected to face competition from youngsters like Omar Khalid, Saad Habib, Damil Ataullah, and Yashal Shah, who won the 14th Faldo Asia Grand Final Golf Championship in Vietnam on April 22.
Players locked horns in a separate event, the 4th Longest Drive Competition, on Tuesday. It carried prize money of Rs100,000, while the first runner-up will bag Rs60,000 and the second runner-up Rs30,000.
The Pakistan Golf Federation was also making an effort to live-stream the tournament.
