Local lad Sreenjoy Majumder took the first day honours at the IGU Feeder & Sub Junior Tour Final 2016 after carding a seven-over 79 to lead by one stroke at the Par 72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club here.
Hargobind Singh and Ahaan Nath are locked in second place after both shot eight-over 80. A further stroke behind at 81 is Jay Vora followed by Aryan Agarwal at ten-over 82.
The highlight of the day was sixth placed Rachit Mankoti's perfect ace on the 161-yard second hole. Rachit's hole-in-one was celebrated by his playing partners, leader Sreenjoy and tenth-place Yuveraj Dhara.
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Sreenjoy, who teed off from the 10th hole started with a bogey and would go on to make three more by the time he was through 15 holes.
He took the turn at three-over for the day with a birdie on the par 4 16th. In an otherwise steady round, Sreenjoy dropped three strokes on the par 4 3rdhole before a striking back with a birdie on the next hole. A further two bogeys followed on the 6th and the 8th holes before he closed his first round with a par.
The second day will see 24 Category C Boys tee off to compete for the title over three rounds.
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