Nuh (Haryana) [India], Karnal's Mani Ram dominated the first round with a score of nine under 63 to take a two-shot lead at the Gurgaon Open 2024 being played at the Classic Golf and Country Club in Nuh, Haryana. Bengaluru-based C Muniyappa opened fire. Tied second with a seven-under 65 on a windy day that saw the sun and clouds playing a game of hide-and-seek, another golfer M Dharma from Bengaluru and Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal of Chandigarh were tied for joint third, Mani Ram is currently ranked 13th on PGTI. Ranking with a runner-up finish this season, he started a birdie run on the third hole, followed by a long conversion on the fourth and a tap-in on the sixth due to an accurate approach. The 42-year-old, a three-time winner on the PGTI Feeder Tour, then moved up the leaderboard with three more birdies on the eighth, ninth and 10th and Mani Ram's only bogey on the 11th was an aberration as he came roaring back.Bac with a chip-in for birdie on the 13th hole and eagles and birdies on the next two holes, where he left himself a putt to within five feet. Maniram saved the tie with a 30-foot conversion in the 16th. However, he missed a birdie putt by five feet on the 18th hole which would have equaled the course record of six jointly held by Thailand's Chapchai Nirat and India's Anirban Lahiri in 2009. Maniram said, “I couldn't have asked for a better opening round than this. This is the best score of my career.My confidence is sky high this season because of my good hitting form. Putting has been a little up and down." But my putting was also hot today. After my third birdie of the day on the sixth I felt the rest of the day went according to plan and that helped me reach a 63 "I" I feel good about my game this year and that is evident from my two top-10 finishes.The fact that I had missed the cut in the last two events didn't worry me too much because I knew my game was going well. C Muniyappa's 65 was an error-free round as he made five birdies on the back nine followed by two more birdies on the front nine, Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal and M Dharma had rounds of 66 which were also bogey-free efforts, Round 1 Leaderboard 63: Mani Ra 65: C Muniyapp 66: Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal; M religion.