Dinesh, Amit and Imamul share day one lead at 8th NCR Cup
26th February, New Delhi: Nepal’s
Dinesh Prajapathi, Noida’s Amit Kumar and Varanasi’s Imamul Haque played a
level-par 72 round to share the lead on day one of Gannon Dunkerley 8th NCR Cup
at Delhi Golf Club. Prajapati finished on top as he played 2-under in the back
nine while Kumar and Haque finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Delhi’s Dhruv
Sheron shot one-over 73 along with Gunvir Rana who was playing on his home
course. Sheron ended the day with fourth position while Rana followed on at
5th.
Sri Lanka’s
Vijita Bandara submitted a scorecard of two-over 74, which matched to
Kapurthala’s Prince Kajotia, Arjun Atwal's cousin Jaiveer Atwal, India born
Thai Samarth Dwivedi and DGC’s Kshitij Kaul, the youngest boy on the field of
75.
Leader of
day one, Prajapati said, “This is my second time at the Delhi Golf Course and I
am content with my performance. I struggled a bit with my putting in the
beginning but as I got used to the conditions, I managed to chip very well
which improved my score at the back nine.”
In the team championship played concurrently, Delhi’s team
The Rovers took the lead with the total of 148 represented by Gunvir Rana (73)
and Hemedra Chaudhary (75). Sultans of Swing came second at 149 represented by
Harjot Singh Soni who shot 75 and Kshitij Kaul who played a round of 74 while
Panthers also finished with 149. Among the foreign teams, Nepal was fourth with
team score of 150 along with Sri Lanka and came 4th and 5th respectively.
Ireland was on 12th position with 157 while two Pakistani teams finished 15th
and 16th with score of 162 and 169. Germany had a disappointing round as they
finished at the bottom with the team total of 178.
10 Indian Players were eliminated as the cut was applied
at 13-over 85.
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