Surya Nepal Masters Golf Tournament at the Gokarna Forest Resort on Wednesday, Nepali golfer Shiva Ram Shrestha and Sri Lankan Mithun Perera were in the lead.

Professional players from Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia and Australia are competing on the course.

A separate game for amateurs, with players from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal was won by the team led by former Indian Open winner Vijay Kumar. Vijay carded a round of five-under par in the Standard Chartered Pro-Am on Tuesday, which kicked off the event.

Nepali players will be hoping to emulate the 2007 victory of Deepak Thapa Magar, who is also taking part this year as is last year's winner - Indian golfer Shamim Khan. Other players to watch include Nepali golfer Deepak Acharya, Siddikur Rahman from Bangladesh, Anura Rohana from Sri Lanka, Sasidaran from Malaysia and Ashok Kumar
and Jamal Hossain Mollah from India among many others.

Broadcaster Ten Sports will cover the tournament in a 60-minute program. The event goes on until 25 April.