Bhubaneswar: The Haryana duo of Divesh Rana and Umed Kumar fired scores of five-under 67 to take the joint lead in round one of the PGTI NEXGEN’s Dilip Tirkey Invitational 2025, being played at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club.

Saurav Rathi and Bipin Mukhiya were placed two shots behind the joint leaders in tied third place at PGTI’s first-ever event being played in the state of Odisha.

Pradeep Bhagat was the highest-placed among the local professionals at the INR 20 lakh event after he shot a 77 to be tied 37th in the 58-man field.

The 27-year-old Divesh Rana, who hails from Faridabad, collected four birdies on the first 10 holes as he landed a couple of shots within two feet of the flag. After dropping a bogey on the 13th, the strongly-built Divesh regained his touch with a brilliant tee sho

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