Nagarkoti shot four-under 64 on the second day for a total card of nine-under 127. Deepak Magar, who shot two-under 66 for a total of three-under 133, was six shots behind the leader in second. Nagarkoti shot three-under 31 on the front nine and one-under 33 on the back nine. He started the second round with birdies on the first two holes before adding two more shots on the fifth and sixth against a bogey on the seventh. On the back nine, Nagarkoti sank a birdie on the 10th and parred all the other eight holes.
Surya Prasad Sharma was in third at one-under 136 after carding two-under 66. Rabi Khadka was next in fourth at even-par 136 after shooting one-under 67 on Tuesday. Yelamber Singh Adhikari (70) and Bhuwan Kumar Rokka (66) were tied for fifth at one-over 137. Ramesh Nagarkoti, who carded a 68, was alone in seventh at 138. Dhana Bahadur Thapa (72) and Jayaram Shrestha (67) shared the eighth place at 139, while Suman Rai was in 10th at 143 after shooting one-over 69.
Top-ranked pro Shivaram Shrestha was languishing in 11th after carding four-over 72 for a total 36-hole total of seven-over 143. Chuda Bahadur Bhandari, Kamal Tamang, Sanjay Lama, Sanjeev Bahadur Nepali, Bikash Adhikari, Rajendra Shrestha Pradhan, Sachin Prasad Bhattarai, Ram Krishna Shrestha and Krishna Man Rajbahak survived the cut which was applied at 14-over 150.
Deepak Magar shot four-under 30 on the front nine and two-over 36 on the back nine. He sank birdies on the first, second, fourth and fifth holes but dropped shots on the 10th, 14th and 18th against a birdie on the penultimate hole. Sharma carded one-under 33 on both the front and back nine holes. On the front nine, Sharma sank birdies on the fifth and sixth but dropped a shot on the seventh. On the back nine, he made birdies on the 10th and 12th against a bogey on the 11th hole.
Tanka Bahadur Karki was on top of the amateur category with a total card of three-over 139. Karki shot one-under 67 on Tuesday to leave overnight leader Phuntsok Norbu Lama five strokes behind. Lama shot five-over 73 in the second round on Tuesday. Subash Ghising shot a 71 and was third at 145. Mithun Rai, Bharat Bastakoti and Dhruba Thapa also survived the cut.
In all, 40 golfers—30 pros and 10 amateurs—are took part in the first two rounds of the tournament organised by Nepal Professional Golfers Association. The event offers Rs 420,000 in prize money with top three pros to receive Rs 80,000, Rs 50,000 and
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