37th Punjab Open Golf begins today
Punjab Open Golf Championship will tee off today at the Defence Raya Golf and Country Club Golf Course in Lahore from 21st to 25th March.
The top 100 professional golfers belonging to almost all golf courses of the country have reached Defence Raya Golf and Country Club, for a shot at the Punjab Open title 2018. Brig (r) Sikander Hayat, Secretary of the Defence Raya Club, highlighted that the championship was supported and endorsed by Muslim Commercial Bank, Allied Bank, Askari Bank and DHA and would be contested over five days.
Brig (r) Sikander Hayat announced that the first two days ,Wednesday and Thursday are earmarked for Ladies,who compete over 36 holes and On Thursday(22nd March) the Senior professionals ,over 50 years of age ,the junior professionals,less than 23 years of age and the senior amateurs ,over 55 years of age will fight it out for a much sought after place amongst the top performers.And on Thursday,another happening is that Brig Sajid Khokhar ,Administartor ,DHA will hit the opening golf shot early in the morning.
From Friday(23rd March) the championship will be taken over by the professional golfers of Pakistan who will become a part of the prestigious encounter for lucrative prize money of Two million rupees and their competition will be over three days ,Friday to Sunday. Along with the professionals ,also there will be the leading amateurs and while professional golfers participate for prize money and financial stakes ,the amateurs only seek honors.
In addition to the prize money of two million rupees for professionals, 0.3 million for senior professionals,0.2 million for junior professionals the big attraction is the Honda Br-V for a hole in one offered by HONDA. One more hole in one offer is by Turkish Airlines and the hole in one achiever will get a ticket to Europe.
