RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Pakistan will compete in the maiden Asia-Pacific Junior golf competition to be held in Philippines in December.

“Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) has received invitation for the tournament and will certainly send its team for participation”, according to Associate Secretary of Rawalpindi Golf Club, Col Jamil Khalid, Wednesday.

The tournament is being held under the auspices of Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation which regularly holds its main event but will organise the junior event for the first time.

A Pakistan team, comprising three golfers, is in Malaysia where the World Amateur Golf Championship is starting Thursday. The golfers Waqas Ahmed, Shahid Javed and Tariq Mehmood.—APP