Surya Nepal Masters will kick off on Teusday

Nepal´s golf tournament with the highest cash prize, Surya Nepal Masters, will kick off on Tuesday at the Gokarna Forest Golf Resort.

It is the major event of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour and the winner of the event will get Rs 486,000 cash prize. For the first time ever, the tournament has a total prize purse of Rs 3 million.


The organizing committee informed the press on Monday that the event will be participated by professionals from Dubai, Malaysia and other countries.

"It offers a perfect setting for the Nepali golfers to gauge their growth against some of the better golfers and a shot at Nepal´s most prestigious golfing title," states a press note issued on Monday.

According to the organizers, the main competition will be supplemented by an international amateur tournament.

Sri Lankan Anura Rohana had won the pro title while his fellow compatriot Mithun Perera had not only clinched the amateur title comfortably but also put up tough competition to Rohana.

Ray Noronah, former MD of Surya Nepal, had initiated the tournament in 1990. Deepak Thapa Magar has been the only winner from Nepal in the history of the tournament. Thapa had won the tournament in 2007.