LAHORE, Oct 24: The Karachi golf team will defend the title in the three-day National Inter-club Golf Championship being held at the Royal Palm Golf Club from Friday.

Vice captain of Royal Palm Club Sardar Murad Khan said on Thursday that major clubs of the country including Lahore Gymkhana, Lahore Garrison Golf and Country Club, Rawalpindi Golf Club, Islamabad Golf Club, PAF Peshawar Golf Club and the host Royal Palm Golf and Country Club had fielded two teams each comprising four players apiece.

He further said that every club of the country was eligible to send two teams with the titles at stake being Royal Palm Team Trophy, Net Challenge Shield, Gross Cup and Ladies Cup.

In all, around 150 golfers will vie for honours.

It is pertinent to mention that the event had been a regular feature of the national golf calendar but was abandoned in the year 2000. The Royal Palm Golf and Country Club re-introduced it in 2006. In the ladies’ category, Ghazala Yasmin will defend her crown.

Prominent golfers who are expected to feature in event are:

Men: Taimur Khan, Adnan Khan (Peshawar), Zulfiqar Ali, Ashiq Hussain (Multan), Ahmed Sarwar (PAF Islamabad), Sajid Khan (Arabian Sea Country Club) Zuhaib Asif (DHA Karachi), Sameer Iftikhar, Imran Ahmed, Aleem-ur-Rehman and Waleed Zubair (Lahore Gymkhana), Fakhar Imam, Shafiq Bhatti, Col Asif Mehdi, Col M. Shafi (Defence Raya Club), Sardar Murad, Mohsen Zafar, Omer Salamat (Royal Palm Golf Club), Tariq Mahmood, Wajid Ali (Islamabad), Capt Ansar Mehmood (PN), Mansoor Teli, Aly Rana, Rizwan Feroz (Karachi).

Women: Ghazala Yasmin, Tahira Nazir (Rawalpindi), Asma Shami (Garrison), Samia Javed Ali, Nighat Akram, Maryama Khan, Tahmina Rashid (Gymkhana), Ami Quin, Malhia Elahi, Zenat (Islamabad).