Golf: Rs2m on offer in COAS event

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Golf Championship 2012 starts tomorrow at the Rawalpindi Golf Club (RGC) with a prize-money of Rs2 million on offer. Club secretary Lt Col Tariq Kaleem Kaleem said that championship, that goes on till May 6, will see over 500 golfers in different categories including senior amateurs, subsidiaries, senior professionals, juniors, amateurs, professionals, ladies, and veterans from all over the country take part. Kaleem added that the event will promote the game in the country. “The main objective of this championship is to provide an opportunity to the amateur golfers and it’s an honour that last year’s winner Ijaz Hussain Quereshi was from RGC,” said Kaleem.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2012.