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Former number one golfer Shukra Bahadur Rai and Bhuvan Kumar Rocca are jointly ahead on the first day of the Surya Nepal Challenge Golf.
Shukar and Bhuvan scored a perfect score of 7 under 61 on Tuesday at the Royal Nepal Golf Club with a par 68. Dinesh Prajapati was 3 strokes behind them. Dinesh, who is in third, made a score of 4 under 64. Nepal's number one Bhuvan Nagarkoti is fourth with a score of 3-under 65 and Rame Magar is fifth with a score of 2-under 66. With a score of 1 under 67, Pradeep Kumar Lama, Deepak Magar, Neeraj Tamang, Jairam Shrestha and former winner Ravi Khadka finished joint sixth.
Sukra, who returned to the domestic tour after two years after being injury-free, made an excellent comeback. While making a bogey-free card, birdies on the third and fourth holes finished the front nine at 2-under 32. He shot birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th holes with a decent performance on the back nine. A total of 5 birdies finished the back nine at 5 under 29.
Bhuvan carded 5 under 29 on the front nine with an impressive performance. He birdied the first, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth holes. After this, he saved one shot each in the 10th, 13th and 14th holes. A bogey on the 16th hole finished the back nine at 2-under 32.
On the amateur side, Phunsok Norbu Lama and Rahul Vishwakarma are joint ahead with a score of even par 68. They beat Balram Paudel and Nischajang Rayamazhi by one stroke. Balaram and Nischaya scored 1 over 69.
47 players including 36 pros and 11 amateurs are participating in the seventh tournament of this season's Surya Nepal Golf Tour, a four-day 72-hole event. The cut will be applied at the end of 36 holes. The top 21 pros and amateurs will qualify for the remaining 36 holes.
The winner of the competition, which has a total prize of 6 lakh rupees, will receive 100,000 rupees, the second runner-up will receive 70,000 rupees and And the third place will get 50,000 hands.
