It was a great sigh of relief for the organizer as the private AB Bank Ltd have come forward to sponsor the Bangladesh Open, the only Asian Tour event in the country.
The much-awaited event worth 300,000-dollar event will be held from May 9 to 12.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Abdul Bari (retd) coordinator of Bangladesh Golf Federation (BGF) and General Manager of golf of Kurmitola Golf Club revealed to media on Monday.
Colonel Bari informed that the upcoming the Asian Tour is known as AB Bank Bangladesh Open 2018, will be held at the KGC from May 9 to 12.
He added that the organizers are hoping that foreign golfer near about 100 and 40 local golfers are expected to take part in the upcoming event.
Bari concluded by saying that The Asian Tour authorities have already started sending invitations to golfers and their representatives expected to visit Dhaka soon to finalized everything.
The Asian Tour began its journey in Bangladesh in 2015, with two subsequent editions held in the following two years and all three editions were sponsored by Bashundhara Group. But this year they did not come forward to sponsor the coveted event.
