RCGC's very own Nishkarsh Sachdeva trailed the leader after carding a five-over 77 followed by Jamshedpur duo of Rohit Kumar Bouri and Hassan Rahman Khandokar in the fifth leg of the Tata Steel East Zone Feeder and Sub-Junior Tour.
17-year-old Gurkirat was on song from the start when he rolled in a birdie putt on the Par four 1st hole.
A dropped stroke on the third brought him back to even-par before he made consecutive birdies to go two-under for the day through five holes.
The Tolly golfer began the back nine with another birdie on the 10th but another set of bogeys on the 13th, 14th and 17th had him come in at a gross of two-over 74 and lead by three strokes at the end of round one.
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Top Scores (after 18 holes):
Category A & B: 74 Gurkirat Singh, Tutul Ali; 77 Nishkarsh Sachdeva; 79 Rohit Kumar Bouri, Hassan Rahman Khandokar (B), Mohan Sardar; 80 Devansh Chadha (B), Udayjit Bhalotia, Rohil Chokhany, Bibek Sardar (B); 81 Kunal Naidu.
Category D: 83 Kaushal Bagrodia; 93 Rakshik Basu; 94 Arav Shanghavi.
Girls, Category A & B: 89 Anisha Agarwalla; 95 Susnata Deb (B); 108 Yashodhara Bhalotia (B); 132 Vanshika Agarwal.
Category E: 43 Garv Lakhmani, 44 Manhar Bajoria, 46 Gurmehr Singh Bindra.