Pakistan Is Hosting Asian Golf Tour Event
Pakistan Is Hosting Asian Golf Tour Event: As international sports gradually returns to the country where security has improved, Pakistan will host its golf tournament with the Asian Tour after 11 years. Pakistan hosted Asian Tour event in 1989, which was won by Filipino star Frankie Minoza. The country´s only Asian Tour winner remains Taimur Hussain who won at an event in Myanmar. The last time an Asian Tour event was staged in Pakistan was in 2006 and 2007. Last year, the Asian Development Tour (ADT) sanctioned a tournament in the country for the first time. By joining the Asian Tour, the tournament will receive Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points and give local golfers an opportunity to play alongside some of the region’s leading players.
The Asian Tour is the principal men’s professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan. Official money events on the tour count for World Golf Ranking points. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore. In 1998 the Asian Tour became the sixth member of the International Federation of PGA Tours.
Most of the leading players on the tour are Asian, but players from other parts of the world also participate (as of 2007 the country with most representatives profiled on the tour’s official site is Australia).
The Chief of Naval Staff Open Golf Championship is set to start from July 24th to 27th in Karachi, attracting a gifted cast of Asian Tour stars to the US$300,000 (34.59 million rupees) event.
Asian Tour Chief Executive Officer, Josh Burack stated “Our talented members are excited to return to Pakistan”.
This time Asian tour is named after Pakistan´s Chief of Naval Staff Zafar Abbasi. While appreciating the return of Asian tour he said that this is great news for golf in Pakistan. We are thrilled to welcome the Asian Tour and its talented members to our beautiful country.
The Chief of Naval staff Organizers of the Open Golf Championship, that is marking the return of the Asian Tour to Pakistan, aims to make the tournament a huge success. Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi said in a statement that Pakistan’s golfing world is thrilled to welcome back the Asian Tour.
Through This Event
- Local golfers will get a chance to improve on their OWGR ranking and give them a better opportunity to try and qualify for the Japan Olympic Games in 2020.
- Promoting golf among the younger generation to have a Pakistani golfer playing and contending regularly on the Asian Tour in the future.
The CNS Open Golf Championship will attract a brilliant cast of Asian Tour stars to the US$300,000 event which will be played in the Karachi Golf Club.
The Karachi Golf Club is the oldest golf course in the country and it is only fitting that we stage a third Asian Tour event at our course. It’s a huge development for KGC and for Pakistan golf as well. Regular Asian Tour events have been absent in the country since 2008, when a tournament was cancelled over security concerns. Karachi will again host a big sport event after hosting and successfully arranging Pakistan Cricket Super league (PSL) matches.
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