Surya Nepal Premier Golf Championship: Purna and team win Pro-Am title

Kathmandu, 22 May (2022) - The team of pro Purna Sharma won the Surya Nepal Premier Golf Championship pro-am title at the par-72 Gokarna Golf Club on Sunday. 

Pro Purna was teamed with amateurs Mahendra Phagami, Samir Acharya and Kashmira Shah. The team scored 153 points, Pro Purna made 44 points, Mahendra scored 38, Samir got 36 and Kashmira scored 35 points.  

The team of pro Sanjay Lama (38) and amateurs Col. Bikash Shah (35), Babu Sherpa (35), and Col Pratap Bohara (34) accumulated a total of 142 for the second place. 

While the team of pro Rabi Khadka (38) and amateurs Ang Dendi Sherpa (34), Chandra Limbu (34) and Kishor Basnet (34) got 140 points for the third place. 

Kashmira Shah also won a trophy for best individual ladies score, she carded 35 points. 

Dawa J Sherpa bagged the longest drive and Aarti Rajya Laxmi Rana got the closest to the pin.  

In all, 113 players including 24 pros took part in the Pro-Am event played under stableford 3/4 handicap format. Top pro scorer was automatically teamed with the top three amateurs for the winning team. Similarly, fourth, fifth and sixth amateur scorers were teamed with the second best professional for the runner-up team and those amateurs finishing seventh, eighth and ninth were teamed up with the third best professional for the second runner-up team. 

Managing Director of Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd. Ravi Kumar Rayavaram, Former Managing Director of Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd. Abhimanyu Poddar, President of Gokarna Golf Club Suhrid Ghimire and NGA President Tashi Ghale gave away the prizes to the winners.  

The season ending event of Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2021-22, Surya Nepal Premier Golf Championship is scheduled to tee off tomorrow with 43 professional golfers and 11 amateurs, the tournament carries a prize purse of Rs 1.461 Million Rupees out of which winner will get Rs. 250,000, runner-up will get richer by Rs 155,000 and the third place will take home Rs. 110,000 others in top 21 will each share of cash prizes.