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Toranvikram Shahi maintained his early lead and won the Surya Nepal NPGA Tour Championship title on Friday. Toran shot an 18-under 270 overall with a score of 5-under 67 in the tournament at the Gokarna Golf Course to win the title by one stroke over close rival Neeraj Tamang.
He won the title on the domestic tour after 12 years. He had previously won this competition in 2013. Toran received 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees. This is the third title of his career. Neeraj, who scored the same 5-under 67 as
champion Toran, finished second overall with a 17-under 271. He received 1 lakh. Nepal's number one amateur golfer, Sadbhav Acharya scored a 7-under 65 in his best performance of the day. He finished third overall with a 13-under 275. With this score, he won the amateur title. He defeated Rahul Bick by 9 strokes.
Sanjay Lama finished fourth with an overall score of 3-under 69 at 5-under 283. He got 75,000 for being third in the pro category. Amateur golfer Rahul finished fifth overall. Rahul scored 2 over 74 on Friday. He shot a 4-under 284 overall.
Dinesh Prajapati finished sixth overall with a 3-under 285. He scored an even-par 72. Dinesh, who was fourth in the pro category, won 63,000. Nepal's number one pro Bhuvan Nagarkoti scored a 1-under 287 overall with a 3-over 75 on Friday. 53,000 won by being fifth in the pro category.
Jairam Shrestha made a forgettable score of 8 over 80. He finished eighth overall with a 3-over 291. In the pro category, he finished sixth and won 46,000. Tank Bahadur Karki finished ninth overall with 4 over 292. He won 42,000 by finishing seventh in the pro category. Rame Magar and Surya Prasad Sharma, who scored 8 over 296 overall, were tenth. They finished 8th in the pro category and scored 36,500 hands.
Toran was just one stroke ahead of Neeraj when play started on the final day. Neeraj gave a strong challenge. On the front nine, Toran made three consecutive birdies on the third through fifth holes to finish the front nine at 3-under 33. Neeraj saved shots on the fourth and ninth holes to complete the front nine at 2-under 34. Toran led by 2 strokes at the end of the front nine.
After this, Neeraj got two successive birdies in the 14th and 15th holes. The pylons remained under pressure. He then bogeyed the 16th hole and fell 2 strokes behind. He birdied the 17th hole and made the 18th hole exciting. Both played par on the last hole. Toran became champion after 12 years by 1 stroke. Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd. Viduraraj Adhikari and NPGA President Rabindraman Shrestha presented the prizes and trophies to the winners.
