Amateur Golf tees off tomorrow

LAHORE: The 55th Amateur Golf Championship of Pakistan will tee off on Thursday (tomorrow) at the Defence Raya Golf and Country Club course.

Leading golfers from all over Pakistan and champions from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Iran have converged at the well-laid golf course.

The more established contenders are competitors who are in national reckoning and the Pakistanis who fall in this category are Ghazanfar Mehmood (Rawalpindi), Taimoor Khan (Peshawar), Waseem Rana (DHA, Karachi), Zohaib Asif (DHA, Karachi), Muhammad Rehman (Royal Palm), Sajid Khan (Arabian Sea, Karachi), Khalid Mehmood (Rawalpindi), Nadeem Aslam (Lahore Garrison), Robin Bagh (Mianwali) and Tariq Mehmood (Margalla Greens).

The Afghanistan team is represented by Mehboob Shah Qazizada (Captain), Abdul Mahboob Serwari (Delegate).

Afghanistan A Team comprises Noor Ahmed Fazel and Abdel Waheed Sarwari.

Afghanistan B Team has Mohammed Nadir Mehfooz and Shamsuddin.

The Iran Team is represented by Farhad Baharvand (Captain), Reza Pour Hosseni and Hossein Shahivandi.

Bangladesh Team consists of Mohd Obaidul Haque (Captain), Mohammad Farhad and Mohammed Rasel.

Pakistan A Team comprises Ghazanfar Mehmood and Ahmed Baig, while Pakistan B Team has Ashiq Hussain and Nadeem Aslam.

Among the Ladies, the prominent contenders are Shahzadi Gulfam of Punjab Police, Maryam Khan of Lahore Gymkhana, Tahira Nazir from Rawalpindi and Ghazala Yasmin.