LAHORE: Lucrative cash prizes worth Rs3 million will be at stake when the sixth J.A. Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship tees off here at Lahore Gymkhana on Thursday.
Unfolding the details, convenor of the gymkhana course Shaukat Javed while addressing a press conference, said the competition in the categories of professionals and amateurs would be held from Feb 22 to 24, while the senior professionals event was to start from Thursday over 18 holes.
Similarly, he added, senior amateurs will also compete over 18 holes on Thursday. Eligible senior amateurs must have a handicap of 14 and below. Ladies will compete on Saturday and Sunday.
According to Shaukat, overall 240 golfers would feature in the championship.
Hamid Zaman, the pioneer of the championship, stated that in addition to the cash prizes the golfers would also have a chance to win a luxury car with a hole-in-one performance.
There will also be an event for U-21 professionals for which Rs225,000 prize money was on offer.
The age criteria for senior professionals is 50 years and above, and for this category the prize money is Rs350,000.
Prominent professionals who have signed up for the event include Shabbir Iqbal, Matloob Ahmed, Mohammad Munir, Hamza Amin, Talib Hussain (all Islamabad); Shahid Javed Khan, Shafiq Masih (both Gymkhana); Mohammad Ashfaq (Airmen Golf Club, Karachi), Waheed Baloch (Karachi) and Mohammad Asif (Raya).
Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2019
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