LAHORE: The Legends Classic Golf event, now a regular feature between golfers from Karachi and Lahore, will tee off at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Golf Course on Friday.

The contest, to be fought out over three days, will pitch 34 amateur golfers belonging to Lahore against a similar number of players from Karachi.

The first round of the competition will be held at the challenging Royal Palm Golf Course on Friday with the subsequent two rounds to be held at Defence Raya Golf Course.

The format of this classic is scrambles match-play on the first day, four-ball match-play on the second day and singles match-play on the final third day. A total of 32 points are at stake and the team acquiring 16.5 points or more will be the title winner.

Karachi captain Imran Habib said that his team members have to play well to ensure that their performances bring honours to the team.

“There is no reason for us not to perform well,” he said. “With a steady effort, we can cast a spell of great golfing on this visit to Lahore.”

Lahore captain Haroon Arshad added: “The interaction with the golfers from Karachi will substantially enhance the bondage between players from both sides.”

Squads:

Lahore: Omer Salamat, Sardar Murad, Waleed Zubair, Amir Mehmood, Azfar Hassan, Taimoor Shabbir, Faisal Sayid, Faisal Malik, Hashim Butt, Sharjeel Awan, Shahid Iqbal, Asad Amin Sheikh, Usman Cheema, Khawaja Ahsan, Tariq Misbah, Dr Dildar Hussain, Faisal Iqbal, Farid Malik, Ahmed Rafi,

Rizwan Shafi, Tariq Mushtaq, Humayun Mian, Haris Naseer, Ramzan Sheikh, Gen (r) Tariq Rai, Fareed Bajwa, Waqar Butt, Ahmed Gulzar, Asad Abbas, Imran Mairaj, Abdul Basit, Ibrahim Qureshi, Syed Umair, Haroon Arshad (captain).

Karachi: Ali Raza Haji, Mansoor Teli, Aly Rana, Asif Ahmed, Danish Feroze, Mannan, Omar

Farooq, Rizwan Feroze, Qazi Amir Hussain, Adil Haji, Sibtain Haji, Ayaz Peer, Azhar Haji, Rashid Malik, Nadir Mir, Haider Baig, Nusrat Wasim, Ahmed Siddiqi, Yasir Zaidi, Ahmed Ismail, Altaf Hashwani, Nadir Leghari, Bilal Habib, Omer Ahmed, Farooq Javed, Anwar Ansari, Adnan Afridi, Salman Qureshi, Arif Islam, Ali Naqi Taqi, Bilal Muneer, Asif Parekh, Shehryar Shah, Imran Habib (captain).

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2014