Shiva Ram Shrestha opened up a two-shot lead over Umesh Nagarkoti in the opening round of the Surya Nepal NPGA Tour Championship here at the Gokarna Golf Course on Tuesday.
The Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC) pro Shiva Ram shot six-under 66 on the first day of the 10th and final event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14. Two shots behind was Umesh of Gokarna. Toran Bikram Shahi was next at three-under 69 and CB Bhandari a further stroke back at two-under 70. The 2007 Surya Nepal Masters champion Deepak Thapa Magar, Rabi Khadka and Ram Thapa are tied for fifth at one-under 71.
Sachin Bhattarai, Tham Bahadur Rai, Sanjay Lama and Ram Krishna Shrestha are tied for eighth at even-par 72. Mani Rai stand alone at 11th with three-over 75. Deepak Acharya, Ramesh Adhikari, Surya Prasad Sharma and Suman Rai were a shot adrift at four-over 76.
Shiva Ram carded three-under 33 on both the front and back nines.On the front nine, the Nepal No 1 golf er carded four birdies against a bogey, while his back nine comprises of three birdies and an eagle against two bogeys. He sank birdies on the third, fourth, sixth and ninth holes but had a bogey on the second. On the way back, the RNGC golf er sank an eagle on the par-5 11th to add to the birdies on the 12th, 15th and 18th holes. He dropped shots on the 14th and 16th holes.
Umesh played one-under 35 in the first nine with a lone birdie on the seventh hole. On the back nine, Gokarna pro carded three-under 33 with birdies on the 12th, 14th, 16th and 17th holes against a bogey on the 11th. Toran, meanwhile, shot four-under 32 on the front nine and one-over 37 on the back nine.
In amateur category, top ranked Dinesh Prajapati carded one-over 73 to take the pole position, one stroke ahead of fellow Surya Nepal NGA Youth Golf Development Programme member Bishnu Sharma. Prajapati shot two-under 34 on the front nine and three-over 39 on the back nine. Bishnu shot one-over 37 on either halves. Tanka Bahadur Karki was third at four-over 76
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