Kathmandu: An eagle at the last hole saw
India's Ashbeer Saini turn in a card of two-under 70 to lie
tied second after the first round of the Surya Nepal Masters
at the Gokarna Forest Golf Resort here today.
16-year-old Ashbeer was going along at level par for the
round before his second shot from the fairway on the 18th
landed right into the hole to get him a two-shot fillip.
Two shots ahead, local star Rupak Acharya is topping the
leaderboard after carding a brilliant four-under 68.
Tied with Ashbeer is Mithun Perera, while one shot behind
the young duo are Deepak Acharya, Sanjay Lama and Rezaul
Karim, who shot an identical one-under 71 to be tied for
fourth place.
The day, however, belonged to Rupak. The 28-year-old
golfer got off to a good start, birding the par-4 first hole
before dropping his lone bogey of the day.
The local hero bounced back, picking up birdies on the
third and seventh hole, to make the turn at two-under for the
round.
Two more birdies came his way on the 11th and the 12th
hole which put him at four-under for the day.
"I was really happy with the way I played. I put myself
at four-under after just 12 holes but kept missing birdie
putts after that. I even had a lot of missed putts on the
front-nine but I am satisfied with the overall result," Rupak
said.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 19:23