Bengaluru, Oct 7 (PTI) Kolkata’s Viraj Madappa and Nepal golfer Subash Tamang posted scores of six-under 65 to hold the joint lead after round one of Rs 1 crore Bengaluru Open here on Tuesday.

The five players bunched in tied third place at five-under 66 included Sri Lankan N Thangaraja, Bangladesh’s Md Muaj, Lucknow’s Sanjeev Kumar, Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma and Greater Noida’s Saptak Talwar.

The highest-placed among the Bengaluru-based players were Mari Muthu R, Chikkarangappa S and Manoj S, all of whom shot 69 to be placed tied 19th. Defending champion Abhinav Lohan too was placed tied 19th.

Madappa, who became the youngest Indian to win an international event at the age of 20 at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course in 2018, made a steady start with three birdies and a bogey

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