Karandeep Kochhar didn't look out of sorts despite returning to play at the RCGC after a long gap of five years. The 23-year-old four-time winner on the PGTI had an initial stutter when he bogeyed the 11th but got on a roll after his 30-feet birdie conversion on the 13th. Among Karandeep's six other birdies were two 15-feet conversions. Kochhar, currently fifth on the PGTI's money list, also picked up shots on both the par-5s, 15th and fourth.

Karandeep Kochhar scored eight birdies in exchange for a bogey while Bengaluru's Chikkarangappa, the winner of the inaugural edition in 2018, produced a bogey-free round.

Jammu Tawi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 7 (ANI): The second edition of the Jammu and Kashmir Open golf tournament was inaugurated by Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, advisor to LG, on Wednesday.

Bengaluru Apr 26 PTI Viraj Madappa and Veer Ahlawat two of Indias most promising young talented stars shared the lead after a superb start in the Asian Games Golf trials here on Tuesday The duo shot 6-under 66 each for a two-shot lead over three others As the first round produced an intense battle two shots behind the leading duo are the in-form Yuvraj Singh Sandhu Rashid Khan and amateur Milind Soni who carded 68 eachAmong women the Bakshi sisters Hitaashee led the field with 68 and Jahanvi carded 69 which included a hole-in-one Avani Prashanth an amateur with multiple wins on the Hero Womens Pro Golf Tour was lying tied-third alongside Seher Atwal Gaurika Bishnoi and amateur Kriti ChowhanA four-man team for mens section and a three-member team for womens section will be chosen for the Asian Games due to be held in China later this year The Indian Golf Union has worked out a selection system by which two men and two women have been selected based on their world ranking Two-time Olympian Anirban Lahiri and Shubhankar Sharma have been given a berth each while Aditi Ashok also a two-time Olympian and fourth in Tokyo Olympics and Tvesa Malik have already been picked for womens team As five players are within two shots of each other another three Khalin Joshi Kshitij Naved Kaul and Karandeep Kochhar are at 69 each and Tokyo Olympics qualifier Udayan Mane carded 71 PTI COR BS BS