Amateur golfer Rahul Bishwakarma has defended his Surya Nepal Central Open title. He won both the pro and amateur titles at the Gokarna Golf Club on Thursday. This is the third title in Rahul's career.

Rahul defended his title by beating professional golfer Jayaram Shrestha by a wide margin of 14 strokes. Rahul, who scored 4-under 68 on Thursday, won the title with an overall score of 14-under 274. This is the first tournament of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2025-26.

Jayaram finished second overall with an even par of 288 after a poor performance of 5-over 77 on Thursday. Jayaram, who came first in the pro category, received a prize of Rs 1,70,000.

Toran Bikram Shahi and Bhuvan Nagarkoti secured joint third place with an overall score of 2-over 290. Toran finished the fourth day with an even par of 72 and Bhuvan with an 4-under 68. They received a prize of Rs 1,12,500.

Nepal number one pro Neeraj Tamang finished fifth overall with an overall score of 3-over 291. He finished at 3-under 69. He received Rs 82,000. Bhuvan Kumar Rokka, Shukra Bahadur Rai, Dinesh Prajapati and amateur Ruben Thapa finished in joint sixth place with an overall score of 4 over 292. Bhuvan played 4 over 76 while Shukra and Dinesh completed the match with 2 over 74. They received a prize of Rs 64,333.

Amateur Ruben scored 2 under 70. Ruben was second in the amateur category. Another amateur, Sam Doblard, finished tenth. He scored 8 over 296 with an overall score of 1 over 73.

No other player could challenge Rahul, who had a 5-stroke lead at the start of the last 18 holes. Rahul seemed certain to win the title after playing the front nine 3 under 33. Rahul hit birdies on the second, third, eighth and ninth holes. He missed a shot on the fifth hole. After this, birdies on the 12th and 15th holes against a bogey on the 17th hole ended the back nine at 1-under 35.

Jayaram made two consecutive birdies on the first and second holes to finish the front nine at an even par of 36. But he missed shots on the third and seventh holes. After this, he played a forgettable back nine. He made a total of 5 bogeys, including three consecutive bogeys on the 10th and 12th and 14th to 16th. In this poor performance, the back nine ended at 5-over 41.

Toran finished both the front and back nine at an even par of 36. He saved par on all the holes on the front nine. He made birdies on the 10th, 12th and 14th holes on the back nine. But he faced a double bogey on the 5-par 15th hole and bogeyed on the 18th hole.

Bhuvan finished both the front and back nine at 2-under 34. He hit a total of 6 birdies, including three consecutive ones on the first, third, fourth and 16th to 18th holes. He missed shots on the eighth and fourteenth holes.