Vinod Kumar steers his team to victory at Pro-Am event of Surya Nepal Masters

(Left to Right) Mr. Dipra Lahiri, Mr. Dorjee Sherpa, Mr. Padamjit Sandhu, Mr. Rabindra Man Shrestha, Mr. Tendi Sherpa and Mr. Suhrid Ghimire

Kathmandu, Nepal, April 22, 2014: Vinod Kumar of Delhi steered his team to victory at the Pro-Am event of the Surya Nepal Masters 2014 at the Gokarna Forest Golf Resort. A record number of amateurs from across Nepal participated in the event.

The popularity of the Surya Nepal Masters Pro-Am is growing by the year as it provides the amateurs with the golden opportunity of playing with prominent professionals in the SAARC golf space.

The event featured 34 teams, each comprising of one professional and three amateurs. The format of the event this year was stroke-play, where the best two nett scores per hole were counted for the team score.

Professional Abhijit Singh Chadha’s team finished in the second runner-up position with a score of 122. Chadha’s team comprised of amateurs A.T. Sherpa, President of Gokarna Forest Golf Resort Suhrid Ghimire and Pavitra Karki. Chadha was the runner-up at the 2013 Surya Nepal Masters.

At one stroke better was the runner-up team lead by professional Gaurav Pratap Singh. Singh’s team included one of Nepal’s leading amateurs Tashi Tshering. The other two amateurs in Gaurav’s team were Kanchan Basnyat and MD Mool.

The champion team at 120 was lead by Delhi professional Vinod Kumar and had Tendi Sherpa and Dorjee Sherpa along with the President of Nepal Professional Golf Association Rabindra Man Shrestha as the three amateurs.

The on-course prizes for Closest to the Pin on Hole No. 5 was won by Mr. Bishnu Sharma, Closest to the Pin on Hole No. 10 by Mr. Raj Pradhan and the Straightest Drive on Hole No. 18 by Mr. Roshan Rai.

The prizes were given away by Mr. Dipra Lahiri, Vice President-Marketing, Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd.