Bengaluru, Oct. 7 -- Kolkata's Viraj Madappa and Nepal golfer Subash Tamang posted scoresof six-under 65 to hold the joint lead after round one in the Bengaluru Open being played at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) here.
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.
Viraj Madappa, who became the youngest Indian to win an international event at the age of 20 at KGA in 2018, mad...