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Kharghar Valley Golf Course: India’s Veer Ahlawat, who won on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) two weeks back, continued his consistent form with a six-under 65 that gave him a two-shot lead on Day One of the INR 1 crore CIDCO Open 2025, the first-ever professional event being played at the Kharghar Valley Golf Course (KVGC) in Navi Mumbai.

With the first-ever competitive round being played at the KVGC on Tuesday, Gurugram-based Veer’s 65 will count as the course record. Italy’s Michele Ortolani and American Koichiro Sato shot scores of four-under 67 at the Par-71 course to occupy tied second position.

There were two more foreign players in the top eight as Uganda’s Joshua Seale and Sri Lankan N. Thangaraja were tied fourth with scores of 68, along with the Indian trio of Manoj S, Dhruv Sheoran, and Manu Gandas.