Golf: Four Pakistanis depart for China event

ISLAMABAD: A four-member Pakistan team flew to Shenzhen, China to participate in the Sixth Faldo Series Asia Grand Final starting tomorrow. The three-day event, to be hosted by six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo, will take place over 54 holes on the Faldo Course at Mission Hills. The Pakistan contingent comprises three male golfers – Mubariz Ahmed (under-16), Sumair Merchant (under-18) and Ghufran Ahmed Ghani (under-21) – and a female player Kashifa Zafar (under-21). Pakistan Golf Federation Honourary Secretary Taimur Hassan Amin said that winners of last year’s Faldo Series Pakistan have been selected to represent the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 13^th, 2012.