Dinesh, Ramesh advance to final

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KATHMANDU, January 25: Dinesh Prajapati and Ramesh Adhikari advanced to the final of the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, third event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the Royal Nepal Golf Club on Wednesday.

Seventh ranked Dinesh defeated eighth ranked Dhana Bahadur Prajapati 2&1, and No 13 Ramesh beat No 10 Bhuwan Kumar Rokka 2&1 in the semi-final matches. Dinesh and Ramesh will fight for the title in a 36-hole contest on Thursday, while Dhana and Bhuwan will play for third place over 18 holes. 

Earlier, top seeds were knocked out in the quarter-final matches. No 1 Sukra Bahadur Rai, No 2 Bhuvan Nagarkoti, third seeded Jayaram Shrestha and fifth ranked Rabi Khadka faced defeats. No 7 Dinesh Prajapati, No 8 Dhana Bahadur Thapa, No 10 Bhuwan Kumar Rokka and No 13 Ramesh Adhikari made it to the semi-finals.

Bhuwan Kumar Rokka stunned top pro Sukra 3&1, while Dhana ousted defending champion Bhuvan Nagarkoti 3&2. Ramesh beat Rabi 3&2 and Dinesh also recorded a 3&2 victory over Jayaram.

Top 16 pros in Order of Merit of  Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2021-22 qualified to take part in the Match Play but the PGA Nepal allowed players up to top 20 as four pros are out of the country. 

The tournament, organised by PGA Nepal under the sponsorship of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd, carries a cash purse of Rs 250,000. The winner will receive Rs 60,000, while the runner-up will get Rs 42,000. Third and fourth placed pros will earn Rs 32,000 and Rs 24,000 respectively. Four losing quarter-finalists will get Rs 11,000 each, while the eight pros who were eliminated from first round will receive Rs 6,000 each.

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