Kathmandu, April 24:

Nepal Professional Golfers’ Association (NPGA) along with Surya Nepal Private Limited is organising the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2008. This is the first pro golf tour of Nepal with the aim of promoting Nepali professional golfing talent.

Surya Nepal has always taken a lead role in Sports Tourism Promotion in the country under the aegis of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Surya Nepal Khelparyatan. They have been the sponsors of Nepal’s most premier international professional golfing event, the Surya Nepal Masters, for the last 14 years.

In 2007, history was created in the Surya Nepal Masters when for the first time Nepali professionals claimed the top three positions, with Deepak Thapa Magar winning the crown. Surya Nepal also hosted the ninth SAARC Golf Championship in October-November last year, thereby putting Nepal on top of the golfing map of the region.

As a part of Surya Nepal’s continued commitment for development of Golf in Nepal, a new initiative is being taken from this year by launching the professional tour. All professional golf events to be played in Nepal will now come under the umbrella of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour. So far, the organisers are holding six premier professional events.

“Surya Nepal has been instrumental in promoting golf and projecting Nepal as a important golfing destination in the continent,” said Pradeep Kumar Shrestha, President of Nepal Golf Associations (NGA). “The introduction of Surya Nepal Golf Tour will help standard of golf grow and hopefully we will see our professionals coming top in the region.”

“We are extremely happy to have the privilege of being the title sponsor of the first ever Golf Tour in Nepal,” said Harsh Madhav Dar, Managing Director of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd.

“Our sponsorship of this event is another step towards promoting sports in Nepal and building professional golfing talent in the country,” he added.