Four young Pakistanis leave for the Faldo Series Mission Hills GC China
Four young Pakistanis will now be representing the country in the upcoming Faldo Series at Missions Hills in Schenzhen, China, enlisted in the junior category of the event.
The youngster include three boys and a girl who will tee-off at the longest golf course in the world as they start their bid for the sixth Faldo Series Asia Grand Final which starts today, March 14.
Mubariz Ahmed (U-16), Ghufran Ahmed Ghani (U-21), Sameer Merchant (U-18) and Kashifa Zafar (U-21) are the four contestants who qualified to be part of the field at first Faldo Series Asia-Pakistan leg qualifying rounds, played last August at the Karachi
Golf Club.
PGF Honorary Secretary Taimur Hassan spoke on the occasion and said:
“It's for the first time that our junior golfers are participating in such a high-profile event. It's a golden opportunity and will go a long way in developing their careers. They will gain confidence besides learning from the experience of competing at
this level. We're optimistic that their participation will yield good results”.
Top-ranked junior golfers from all over the world will be hoping to lift the title, which was once held by the current world number one Rory McIlory.
No fewer than 12 countries will be sending in their players in the 54-hole event, including most of the South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Nepal.
Hassan hoped that a victory at the event can boast the future of the sport in the country and will prove to be a much-needed breath of fresh air.
He added, “All the young golfers are promising. They put a lot of hard work while training for the event with an Australian coach”.
Pakistan has a number of professional golfers but seldom anyone has been able to card a major victory on the professional circuits around the world.
The country does not have adequate playing facilities and the dearth of International standard courses has been a major hurdle in the promotion of the sport.
Most of the top-ranked courses are under the patronage of the army and general public has limited or no access to them. Private courses on the other hand, are too expensive for the local masses.
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