KARACHI:Lucrative Bank AL Habib’s 10th Rashid D. Habib Memorial Golf carrying a price purse of Rs7.9 million tees off at the Karachi Golf Club (KGC) on March 25. The tournament will conclude on March 28.

Prior to this, a two-day match for local professionals and caddies of KGC, the 20th Rashid D. Habib Memorial Golf Tournament, will be played on March 23-24 with the aim to support and develop professional golf at KGC.

The Rashid D Habib memorial National Professional Golf Tournament is one of the leading golf events for professional golfers in Pakistan.

Bank AL Habib has been sponsoring this tournament annually, since 2000.

Pakistan’s top golfers will compete in the Professionals category – including ranked Number 1 Muhammad Shabbir, Number 2 Ahmed Baig and the defending champion and current Pakistan Number 3 Matloob Ahmed who will be eyeing hat-trick this year.

Muhammad Munir, Muhammad Ashfaq and Waheed Baloch will also participate in the tournament.

These tournaments carry a total prize money of Rs7.9 million, including appearance money to be distributed amongst the top five professionals and top three senior professionals of the country.

In addition, a Toyota Corolla and a Suzuki Alto is also at stake for players, who achieve a Hole-In-One. The tournament is likely to include top 130 professional golfers of Pakistan. The prize distribution ceremony will be held on March 28.