NEW DELHI, 6 Nov, 2014 (AFP) - Gangjee, seeking his first Asian Tour title after his victory in China in 2004, birdied the last two holes to emerge on top at the Delhi Golf Club.
Defending champion Wade Ormsby of Australia was tied for second place on 68 with Singapore’s Choo Tze Huang, Bangladeshi Zamal Hossain and Rashid Khan of India.
Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond and Australia’s Unho Park were among seven players on 69, three shots off the pace in the event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Professional Golf Tour of India.
Leading first-round scores on the par-72 Delhi Golf Club course:
66 - Rahil Gangjee (IND)
68 - Choo Tze Huang (SIN), Zamal Hossain (BAN), Wade Ormsby (AUS), Rashid Khan (IND).
69 - Settee Prakongvech (THA), Akshay Sharma (IND), Shankar Das (IND), Unho Park (AUS), Om Prakash Chouhan (IND), Jazz Janewattananond (THA), Terry Pilkadaris (AUS), Pratap Atwal (amateur, IND)
70 - Blair Wilson (AUS), Siddikur Rahman (BAN), Abhishek Jha (IND), Angad Cheema (IND), Pachara Khongwatmai (THA), Panuphol Pittayarat (THA), Shiv Chowrasia (IND), Mithun Perera (SRI), Deepinder Singh Kullar (IND), Kapil Kumar (IND).