57th National Amateur Ranking Golf Championship after a lapse of 25-year in City from March 29

PESHAWAR, Mar 21 (APP):It takes 25-long years that the prestigious 57th National Amateur Ranking Golf Championship is going to be organized again on March 29 to April 1, 2018 at lush green 6666-yard PAF Golf Course here.
This was stated by former national golfer and Joint Secretary of the Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) Dr. Ali Haider while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday.
It is the biggest event of the PGF calendar and the oldest one wherein leading amateur golfers from across Pakistan will vie
for the top honor.
This Champion is also carrying oldest trophies of 1920 for the 7 and below Amateur, Gai Cup for the Ladies and Senior Amateur, he
added.
The importance of the Championship can be judged from the fact that it has a bunch of three National Ranking Championships for the Ladies Amateur over 54-holes HCP 24 and below, Senior Amateur over 54 holes over HCP 12 and below.
A national team out of the Championships would also be selected which would represent Pakistan in the Asian Golf Championship to be played in Japan, he said, adding, it is a good achievement of the KP Golf Federation for convincing the Pakistan Golf Federation to give the right of hosting.
He said the participation of the international golfers from other countries in the event is not yet sure but efforts have been afoot to
bring the international golfers to Peshawar.
Flanked by international golfer Major Arshad Mehmood, Member of the Executive Committee PGF, Secretary KP Golf
Association Lt. Col. Imtinan Qazmi and national golfer Akbar Qayyum Bukhari, Dr. Ali Haider also thanked President Pakistan Golf Federation Lt. Gen Hilal for granting this prestigious event to Peshawar after a lapse of 25 long years.
Dr. Ali Haider said Championship HCP 7 and below will be played over 72 holes wherein more than 220 golfers will compete for the top honors.