A 14-member Indian Golf Team mostly comprising senior golfers, arrived in Lahore yesterday through Wagah land route and were given a rousing reception by their hosts in Lahore led by Shoaib Bokhari who alongwith other accomplished golfers of Lahore have hosted this event with support from Royal Palm Golf and Country Club and Lahore Gymkhana Golf Club.
The Indian golfers will compete against a fourteen member Lahore Golf Team who will play under the team label, “Together We Golf”.
The golf players from India comprise an interesting mix of business and industry leaders who regard golf as their passion and consider this occasion as the luckiest moment of their lives and though the competition is likely to produce a contest of good, quality golf, winning or losing is not too important and the whole aim is to build friendships over three days of memorable golf rounds.
To get a feel of the golf playing environment in Lahore, the Indians play a practice round on Thursday at the par 72 awesome Royal Palm Golf Course, and as this is a norm for all kinds of international golf events, the golfers from across the border will go through the exercise, measuring up the golf course and getting a feel of the challenges so that they are ready for day one of the competition. The first day of the competition will be on Friday at the Royal Palm Course and the teams play the alternate shot format. Thereafter the teams move to Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course to play the remaining two rounds on Saturday and Sunday. On day two contest format will be best ball and on the final day it will be singles. The winning team gets the glittering trophy.
