Pune’s Dubey emerges first-round leader at Q School Final Stage

Pune’s Divyansh Dubey, day one leader at the Tata Steel PGTI Q School final stage in Jamshedpur plays a shot on Tuesday. Image courtesy PGTI.

By Rahul Banerji

Pune’s Divyansh Dubey returned a 5 under par 66 for the first-round lead at the Final Qualifying Stage of the Tata Steel PGTI Qualifying School 2025 at Jamshedpur’s Golmuri Golf Course on Tuesday.

As many as 10 golfers shared second place on 67including the seasoned Arjun Singh, amateur Anant Singh Ahlawat, Koichiro Sato of the US and Md Solayeman of Bangladesh, the PGTI said. 

Dubey, who turned professional three years back, made a flying start with two quick birdies, landing his approach shots to within one foot and three feet of the pin respectively.

The 21-year-old, a joint runner-up on the PGTI last season, picked up three more shots before the turn including a great recovery from the lip of the water hazard.

Quiet run

Dubey had a relatively quieter front nine with two birdies and two bogeys. He made some quality up and downs for a birdie and a couple of pars on the front-nine.

“I just stuck to my gameplan and executed it well. The great start did me a lot of good. I drew confidence from a couple of good performances I had on the PGTI last year,” Dubey said.

The top 80 players and ties will make the cut after round two of the Final Qualifying Stage. At the end of round four, the top 32 players and ties will earn their full cards for the 2025 PGTI season.

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