KARACHI: Turkish Airlines, a global leader in civil aviation, brought its ever-growing Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup to Defence Authority Country and Gol Club in Karachi.
The airline, first in terms of country and international destinations that reached worldwide, prides itself on its award-winning business class service and its commitment to the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup which has more than 8,000 invited guests competing in more than 100 tournaments around the world together with many other innovative and distinguished services performed for offering its passengers an unparalleled flight experience.
Turkish Airlines is firmly committed to the vision of sporting competition. This support extends from football, basketball, rugby and golf at all levels and the amateur series is a fine example of this from the carrier, which offers a multiple award-winning Business Class service and allows guests to take clubs for free.
The Karachi event was well supported by the local business community, in particular by lead sponsors, Faysal Bank, whose guests were among the competitors.
With this year’s tournament backed by The Financial Times, National, Titanic Hotels, and clothing partner Ruck & Maul, the winners of the qualifiers progress to the grand finals in Antalya in November, where they have the chance to secure a place in the Turkish Airlines Open pro-am, will fly business class and stay at the five-star Titanic Golf Deluxe Hotel.
Haider Jafri will represent Karachi after winning the competition with 45 points, while Shuja-ud-Din Ahmed was runner-up, Bilal Shoukat was third.
The ‘Nearest to the Pin’ competition on the 7th hole was won by Shuja-ud-Din Ahmed for the men and Aania Farooq Syed for the women. Haider Jafri won the lowest gross score with 74.
“We would like to thank all of our guests who made the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup here in Karachi a huge success,” said Turkish Airlines Karachi General Manager Fatih Atacan Temel.
“Once again, it was a fantastic tournament in the TAWGC series and congratulations to our winner, Haider. We wish him the best of luck in Antalya,” he said.
