Wangchen Dhondup pipped Mahesh Bikram Karki to clinch the Citizens Bank Open golf tournament title here at the Gokarna Golf Club on Saturday. 

Dhondup and Karki finished tied at 38 points after 18 holes of the amateur tournament played under stableford format with 3/4 handicap allowance. Both Dhondup and Karki had identical scores of 20 on the front and 18 on the back nine holes. So the winner was decided on countback only on the last six holes where Dhondup had 12 points against 11 of Karki. Dhondup received gift voucher worth Rs 50,000 and Karki walked away with gift voucher worth Rs 20,000.

Tashi Tshiring claimed the best gross title with 35 points and got gift voucher worth Rs 20,000. Tshiring also won the most birdies award after sinking three birdies and an eagle. Pratima Sherpa carded 38 points to win the ladies title, while Gopal Chitrakar won the senior category (aged 60 and above) with 36 points. Tenzing Youden clinched the junior category title with 19 points in the nine-hole contest. Binod Tamang ended up in second in the junior event with 16 points on countback after being tied with Sam Doublard and Subash Ghising. 

Man Raj Singh Mann grabbed the closest-to-the-pin award and Kim Seung Guk took the longest drive honour. In all 95 golfers, including 15 juniors aged 16 years and below, took part in the event.