Daily Times

MULTAN: The All Pakistan Golf Clubs Team Championship, involving a battle of remarkable golf playing skills, will be conducted by Rumanza Golf and Country Club here in Multan from December 2 to 4. The contest will be played over 54 holes, 18 holes each day. A total of eight teams from all prominent golf clubs of Pakistan have converged at Rumanza Golf and Country Club for this championship. The participating teams comprise of ten members each, the categories being four amateur players, three professionals and three senior amateurs. And they will affront each other in pursuit of gold medals and Rs1.2 million prize money for the victorious team. The runner-up team will get silver medals, utility prizes and Rs 700,000/-cash prizes. As for the team ending up third, the rewards are bronze medals and Rs300,000/- cash. Additional attractions are a car for a hole in one and for the amateur golf players a spiritual allurement will be an Umra ticket and a seven days stay for the champion with the best gross score.

Starting from today, when the first tee off takes place at 9:00am, the aspirants will become a committed lot and for 54 holes they will be engaged in a clash for golfing ascendancy that fetches them honors, contest based triumph, elevation as champions of merit and beneficial winnings. The predominant golf clubs of the country who have fielded teams are Karachi Golf Club, Airmen Golf Club from Karachi, Defence Authority Golf and Country Club Karachi, Garden City Golf Club Bahria Town Islamabad, Rawalpindi Golf Club, Lahore Garrison Greens, Lahore Gymkhana and the hosts Rumanza Golf and Country Club Multan. As for the team members, representing these eight clubs of the country, most of them are nationally recognized players, much adept in golf playing abilities. And while many of them are proficient and skillful with many victories to their credit, there are a large number of relentless golfers who seek experience and ultimate recognition through participation in this illustrious event.

This championship assures a clash of golfing skills between contestants of stature and notability. Those players who stand out for Karachi Golf Clubs are Omer Khalid, Zohaib Asif (DHA), Saim Shazli, Yashal Shah, Waheed Baloch and M Zubair(Karachi Golf Club), Salman Hussain, Aania Farooq, M Ashfaq (Airmen Golf Club). A few distinctive names representing Rawalpindi are Umer Khokhar, Yasir Khokher, Brig Omer Ijaz, M Munir and Minhaj Maqsood. And the purposeful ones from Lahore Clubs are Ahmed Sultan Kayani, Damil Ataullah, Nouman Ilyas, Matloob Ahmed, M Sahahzad (Lahore Garrison) while lustrous ones from Lahore Gymkhana are Salman Jahangir, Qasim Ali Khan, Hussain Hamid, Shahid Javed, Aadil Jehangir and Talat Ijaz. A few contenders with enormous flair and a part of the Rumanza Golf Club team are players like Saad Habib, Col Habib and two professionals Hamza Amin and Ahmed Baig besides six others. Out of these six one is a girl amateur and she is a proficient amateur Hamna Amjad. This championship will be managed by Brig Fayyaz Ahmed Khan Secretary of Rumanza Golf Club, Samuel Humphery, Director Golf Operations, Salman Abbasi, Senior Golf Consultant and Col M Anwar Tarrar, Director.