Five players were tied for the top spot at four-under 68 on the opening day of the Hemisphere PGTI Masters at the Noida Golf Course here on Tuesday.
Chandigarh golfer Ranjit Singh displayed a flawless performance while rookie Pratap Atwal, Chiragh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar and local favourite Amardip Sinh Malik also did well to share the lead.
The scores:
68: Chiragh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Pratap Atwal, Amardip Sinh Malik.
69: Digvijay Singh, Harendra Gupta, Pradyumna Barbora, Vikrant Chopra, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Sanjay Kumar, S. Chikkarangappa.
70: Angad Cheema, Mohammad Zamal Hossain Mollah, Pradeep Kumar, Anirudh Goyal, Vishal Singh, C. Muniyappa, Siddharth Semwal.
71: Himmat Singh Rai; 72: Raju Singh, Arshdeep Tiwana, Deepinder Singh Kullar, Sujjan Singh, Khalin H. Joshi, N. Thangaraja, K.P.S. Sekhon, Arjun Singh, Raju Ali Mollaha, Shamim Khan.