On the first day of the Surya Nepal NPGA Tour Championship, Toran Vikram Shahi had a fast start on Tuesday. He has a 4 stroke lead over Neeraj Tamang and Sanjay Lama by preparing a score card of 7 under 75. Neeraj and Sanjay scored 3 under 69.

Dinesh Prajapati, Jairam Shrestha and Tank Karki are tied for fourth place with scores of 2-under 70. Ravi Khadka is in seventh place with a 1-under 71.

Bhu Bahadur Gurung, Balabhadra Rai and Ramesh Adhikari and defending champion and Nepal's number one amateur player Sadbhav Acharya with an even par score of 72  is in eighth place.

Toran hit four birdies on the second, third, fifth and ninth holes. He finished the front nine at 3-under 33 after dropping a shot on the eighth hole. He played without a bogey while maintaining an excellent rhythm on the back nine. He made four birdies on the 11th, 13th, 15th and 17th holes to finish 4 under 32.

Neeraj Tamang, who has won two tournaments in a row, birdied the third, fifth and seventh holes to finish the front nine at 3 under 33. After this, a bogey on the 13th hole against a birdie on the 11th hole finished the back nine at even par 36.

Sanjay birdied the first, third, fourth and seventh holes on the bogey-free front nine and got off to a great start of 4 under 32. In the back nine, he could not perform fast. He shot 1 over 37 with a bogey on the 10th hole and birdies on the 11th and 13th holes. After wasting one shot each in the 16th and 18th hole, he was forced to share the second place with Neeraj.

Nepal's number one pro Bhuvan Nagarkoti scored a 1-over 73 on the first day despite hole-in-one on the par-3 fifth hole. He is ranked 12th along with Rame Magar, Deepak Magar and Vasantraj Gurung.