Two sporting heroes brought smiles on the faces of Nepali sport fans this week. While Nepal’s number one golfer Shiva Ram Shrestha swung his way to the title of Surya Nepal Masters, 19-year-old Avinash Karn clean-bowled the rest of the bowlers at the ACC U-19 Elite Cup cricket tournament in Malaysia to walk away with the title of best bowler.

To win the 22nd title of his golfing career, 29-year-old Shrestha of Sinamangal in Kathmandu overcame the challenges of well known golfers from Nepal, India and Sri Lanka to walk away with the title at the GoKarn Golf Club. From a ball boy at the tender age of 14 to a caddie a few years later, Shrestha graduated from an amateur player to play professionally in 2007. Since then, there’s been no looking back for this avid golfer. He has not only overwhelmed the Nepali golf scene but has even won full card of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) in 2012-13, and the recent win at the Surya Masters has lifted him to the fifth position in the Rolex ranking of PGTI. With the current form, Nepal could expect more putting to success in the coming days.