As many as five golfers, including Chirag Kumar and Sri Lanka's N Thangaraja, share the leaderboard after the opening round of the QA InfoTech Open here Tuesday.
While Delhi-based Asian Tour regular Kumar fired two eagles, Thangaraja came up with a hole-in-one as both cemented their place at the top of the pack.
The other three players in the joint lead at at three-under-69 were Jamshedpur-based Karan Taunk, Sri Lankan Mithun Perera and Delhi's Arjun Prasad.
Six players were one shot behind in tied sixth place, including the likes of the seasoned Delhi duo of Ashok Kumar and Arjun Singh as well as Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow and Chandigarh-based amateur Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, who finished fourth in Jaipur last week.
Indian legend Jeev Milkha Singh, making his return to the PGTI after almost a year, shot a one-under-71 to be tied 13th.
Former Asian Tour winner Kumar had a promising back-nine where he was two-under, thanks to a chip-in for eagle on the 14th.
He then produced his second eagle of the day on the first where he canned a 15-feet putt. He was five-under for the day heading into the last hole, the ninth, however, he dropped a double-bogey there.
"It's probably the first time that I've made two eagles in the same round. That's quite satisfying in itself. The conditions weren't easy as it was tough to judge the pace on the greens. The golf course is also playing longer than usual due to the recent rains," Kumar said.
"My first round of seven-under-63 during last week's event in Jaipur has done a world of good to my confidence considering I've had a tough year on the Asian Tour so far. This is once again a good start taking into account the tough scoring conditions here in Noida."
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