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Shivaram joins Bhuwan on top

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KATHMANDU, April 22: Nepal No 1 Shivaram Shrestha joined overnight leader Bhuwan (Umesh) Nagarkoti atop the leaderboard after third round of the Surya Nepal NPGA Tour Championship at the par-72 Gokarna Golf Club, Kathmandu, on Wednesday.

Bhuwan, who started the day with four stroke lead, carded three-over 75, while Shivaram carded one-under 71 to share join lead at seven-under 209. Bishnu Sharma carded four-under 68 to climb to third at six-under 210. Surya Prasad Sharma dropped to fourth at one-over 73 at three-under 213.Bal Bhadra Rai of Dharan played even-par 72 and shared the fifth position with Deepak Thapa, who carded four-under 68, with a total of one-under 215. Three pros, Ramesh Adhikari (73), Sanjay Lama (73) and Rame Magar (72) shared the seventh position at even-par 216. Dinesh Prajapati played even-par 72 to remain in top 10 with a total score of two-over 218.

In amateur section, Bikash Bogati played a round of seven-over 79 for a total score of eight-over 224. Bogati is four-stroke ahead of Tanka Bahadur Karki, who shot a 76 for a total score of 228.

Bhuwan played one-over 37 on the front nine and two-over 38 on the back nine. He played bogies on the second, fourth and sixth holes against birdies on the third and seventh holes. On the back nine, Bhuwan carded a birdie on the 11th hole and dropped a shot on the 12th, 14th and 16th holes.

Shivaram carded one-under 35 on front nine and played even-par 36 on the back nine. He shot an eagle on the seventh hole before dropping a shot on the ninth hole. On the back nine, Shivaram carded a birdie on the 15th hole against a bogey on the 17th.

Bishnu played even-par 36 on the front nine and added four-under 32 on the back nine. He dropped a shot each on the first and second hole before carding birdies on the third and seventh holes. On the back nine, he earned birdies on the 10th hole and eagles on the 12th and 15th holes. He dropped a shot on the 17th hole.



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