Rookie Tushar claims lead

Rookie Tushar Pannu of Karnal set the bar at 5-under 31 on the opening day of the 5th PGTI NEXGEN season, at the Imperial Golf Estate in Ludhiana. The 21-year-old enjoyed a one-shot lead. Kushal Singh of Gurugram returned a 4-under 32 to be placed second after Round one.

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The greens is a par-72 nine-hole course, where the nine holes are played twice to comprise a round. The first round of the tournament comprised only nine holes instead of 18 with the par for the course being 36, after light showers on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, Pannu’s putter ensured he led the field on the opening day with an error-free round. He drained an eagle on the sixth hole along with three birdies on Tuesday, all coming as a result of conversions from a range of 12 to 15 feet. He also made a great par-save on the fourth after an erratic tee shot.

Kushal Singh, too, shot a bogey-free round as he was close on the heels of the leader at 32. Karnal’s Rohit Narwal, Panchkula-based Abhishek Kumar and Chandigarh’s Vasu Sehgal were tied for third place at 3-under 33.