Chief of Naval Staff Amateur Golf Championship tomorrow

The three-day Chief of Naval Staff Amateur Golf Championship 2014 will get underway here at the magnificent and stimulating, par-72 Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Golf Course from Friday (December 5). Commodore S.M. Shahzad, Station Commander, Pakistan Navy said this in a press conference that was addressed by Omer Mir, Jameel Khalid and Khawaja Pervaiz Saeed here Wednesday.
S. M. Shahzad further said, "This is the fourth championship in succession managed by the Pakistan Navy for the benefit of golf champions and the upcoming talented golf players of the country". In this event, the golf players seeking participating joy and glory will come forward and demonstrate their playing skills and ability. He added that through continuity, this championship has attained an admirable and revered status and is regarded as an eminent championship of the national golf calendar.
Jameel Khalid spelled out that for the amateur golfers in the Men's category, eligibility criteria for this championship is that only players with a handicap of twelve and below are eligible to participate. This restriction ensures that only the talented and established golf players combing the national golf circuit will get a chance to show their prowess, he said, adding: "In this way the less accomplished ones are weeded out and success stories revolve around those champions who can hit the ball rather powerfully off the tees, consistently hit accurate fairway shots and thereby bring forth scores that reflect a touch of excellence.
Khawaja Pervaiz Saeed stated that in this championship, some leading and established names of our national golf circuit who are competing for this title are Mohammad Rehman and Mohsin Zafar (Royal Palm), Tariq Mahmood (Islamabad) Ghazanfar Mehmood, Khalid Mehmood (Rawalpindi), Zulfiqar Ali and Ashiq Hussain (Multan), Salman Jehangir and Wazir Ali (Lahore Gymkhana).
The main event for amateurs will be contested over three rounds with 18 holes to be played each day making it a total of 54 holes. Winner in this category will be awarded the title and the trophy and the victorious one will be the competitor with the best gross score. The seniors will compete over a total of 18 holes with 9 holes to be played on 5th December and 9 holes on 6th December. Those eligible to participate must be above 55 years and have a handicap of 14 and below. Ladies contest will be over 18 holes on 6th December and criteria for handicap is 30 and below. Ghazala Yasmin is definitely going to show her dominance. But then there are some very determined ones who have all the urge to appear as the challengers. The challenge is going to come from the upcoming teenager Maryama Khan, Ana James Gill, Zeb un Nisa, Dr Fouzia, Sameea Javed Ali and Asma Shami.