Tour Report: Round 1 of the PGTI Qualifying School - First Stage (Pre-Qualifying II)

Damian made 5 birdies and 3 bogeys to shoot the joint best score of the day of 70

Kensville Golf & Country Club, Ahmedabad, January 13, 2017: South African Damian Naicker and Pune’s Sagar Raghuvanshi shot matching scores of two-under-70 to be the joint leaders in round one of the PGTI’s Pre Qualifying II for the 2017 season being held at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad. While Naicker drained five birdies and three bogeys in his opening round, Raghuvanshi came up with four birdies and two bogeys. The duo enjoyed a three-shot lead over the rest of the field. The six golfers bunched together in tied third with scores of one-over-73 were, SNGLV Raju, Bhoop Singh, M Nazir Ali, Ramesh Kumar, Suleman Ali and Shubham Narain. The top 36 players (+ ties) will qualify from Pre Qualifying II, a 36-hole event, for the Final Qualifying Stage.

Sagar Raghuvanshi of Pune matched South Africa’s Naicker shot for shot with his own 2 under-par 70