The Surya Nepal NPGA Tour Championship, the 10th and final event of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14, tees off here at the Gokarna Golf Course on Tuesday.

The four-day event to be played over 72 holes will be concluded on April 18. Cut will be applied after the end of the second round with top 21 pros and ties will make to to the final two rounds. In all, 34 professional golfers will try their hands to grab the Rs 95,000 top award in the Rs 514,500 tournament. The runner-up will take home Rs 60,000 and the third placed will earn Rs 44,000. A total of 17 amateur golfers have been drawn to play alongside the professionals.

Top Nepali golfer Shiva Ram Shrestha, Rabi Khadka, Ramesh Adhikari and Sanjay Lama are among the strong contenders. Amateurs in 

the tournament include members of Surya Nepal NPGA Youth Programme Dinesh Adhikari, Bikash Bogati and Bishnu Sharma.