The seventh event on the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2023-24, Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, will tee off at the Royal Nepal Golf Club on Tuesday.
A total of 32 professional and nine amateurs will take part in the event, which will be played over 72 holes.
Cut will be applied after 36 holes. Twenty-one top scoring professionals with the ties (if any) and amateurs who make the professional cut will make it to the final 36 holes.
The event carries a total purse of Rs703,500. The winner will bag a cheque of Rs120,000. The runner-up will take home Rs82,000, while third-placed golfer will earn Rs66,000.
Others in the top 21 will also receive their share of cash prizes.
Subash Tamang will be tournament favourite along with top ranked players Bhuwan Nagarkoti, Rabi Khadka and Dinesh Prajapati.
Professional golfers will face strong challenge from amateur Sadbhav Acharya, who won the two events on Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2023-24.
Sukra Bahadur Rai, the number one professional, will miss the tournament due to a wrist injury.
The tournament will conclude on FridayThe seventh event on the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2023-24, Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, will tee off at the Royal Nepal Golf Club on Tuesday.
A total of 32 professional and nine amateurs will take part in the event, which will be played over 72 holes.
Cut will be applied after 36 holes. Twenty-one top scoring professionals with the ties (if any) and amateurs who make the professional cut will make it to the final 36 holes.
The event carries a total purse of Rs703,500. The winner will bag a cheque of Rs120,000. The runner-up will take home Rs82,000, while third-placed golfer will earn Rs66,000.
Others in the top 21 will also receive their share of cash prizes.
Subash Tamang will be tournament favourite along with top ranked players Bhuwan Nagarkoti, Rabi Khadka and Dinesh Prajapati.
Professional golfers will face strong challenge from amateur Sadbhav Acharya, who won the two events on Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2023-24.
Sukra Bahadur Rai, the number one professional, will miss the tournament due to a wrist injury.
The tournament will conclude on Friday.