Rotary Metro Par 3 Golf Classic tee off today with over 300 golfers

Saturday, 13 March 2021 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

By Shamseer Jaleel

More than 300 golfers will tee off at the Rotary Metro Par 3 Golf Classic which will take place at the Royal Colombo Golf Course today.

Tee off will be in two sessions. One at 7 a.m. and the other at 11:30 a.m.

This tournament is organised by the Rotary Club of Colombo Metropolitan in partnership with Dialog Enterprise to raise funds that will be spent on children with urgent needs.The winners will be picked from the golfers who obtain the highest stableford points. Besides, the entire course will be converted to a par 54 course with each hole to be reached in three strokes. This is the fifth occasion this event is being organised after missing the 2020 edition due to COVID-19.

This event will help out 50 children with congenital heart diseases where an operation will cost Rs. 300,000. The children of caddies will also benefit from this scheme.