Bank AL Habib's 9th Rashid D. Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Tournament 2020 to tee-off at Karachi Golf Club (KGC) on Thursday, 9th January.

This year Matloob Ahmed will defend his title at the Bank AL Habib's 9thRashid D. Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Tournament. The most awaited national golf tournament is with prize money of Rs 7.9 million and last year, Matloob won the tournament with 274-14 under.

The main tournament will be played over 72 holes from 9thto 12thJanuary 2020 with cut over final 2 days as per Pakistan Golf Federation's (PGF) rules. The Senior National Professionals & Junior Professionals will also be playing in their respective categories concurrently. In addition, a two-day match for local professionals &caddies of KGC is also underway.

This tournament is one of the most prominent golf events in PGF's calendar with one of the highest prize money and is sponsored by Bank AL Habib.Country's top golfers including M. Shabbir, Matloob Ahmed, Muhammad Munir, M. Tariq, M. Nazir, Ahmed Baig and Waheed Baloch, have confirmed their participation in the national professional category.

Similarly, country's top three senior pros are all set to compete in the Senior Professionals category. The Appearance Money has been increased to Rs 650,000 that will be equally distributed among top five national professional and top three senior professional Pakistani golfers.

A brand new Toyota Corolla car will also be awarded to the first player who achieves a hole-in-one. The last such lucky golfer in this tournament was KGC's Abrar Ahmad who in 2014, hit a hole-in-one from a distance of 147 yards at the yellow course at KGC to drive home a brand new 1300cc Toyota Corolla.

The final round will be played on Sunday, 12th January 2020, followed by Prize Distribution ceremony.