ZIC Quaid-e-Azam Amateur Golf Championship 2020 tees off today

A paramount event of the national golf calendar, ZIC Quaid-e-Azam Amateur Golf Championship 2020 is set to begin today (Friday) at the elegant Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course.

Draws lined up for today, Friday opening 18 holes for amateurs reflect impressive numbers of the high toned classy players. A total of seventy five qualified competitors play to a handicap of nine and below and this gives the competition an extraordinary relevance.

Presence of Names like Qasim Ali Khan, Mohsen Zafar, Ahsan Khawaja, Rustam Ali Chatta, Ahmed Kayani, Taimur Shabbir, Salman Jehangir and Damil Ataullah augments and boosts the intensity of the race for top prizes while there is no negation of the playing strengths possessed by a few lesser known names who have the required robustness to curb the advance of the more settled and entrenched torch bearers. And contenders like Omer Farooq, Salman Hanif, Moghees Khan, Rizwan Raees Khan, Hussain Hamid, Hassan Samiuddin and Raza Ali Khan can be placed in this category.

The prizes at stake are attractive and besides trophies the winners will get useful golf equipment related gifts. In numerical terms, the competing hopefuls add up to a total of 124 amateur golfers.