Month: March 2020

When things dear to you do get taken away, the pangs are hard to bear. So it has been for golfers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

I am a golf course. Like thousands of my sisters across the world, I have been deserted, basically left alone for some time now.

The postponed Olympic Games, caused by the still-spreading Corona-virus pandemic, has given 15-time major winner Tiger Woods an unexpected window of opportunity to seek qualification for Tokyo.

The ever-spreading pall cast by the Covid-19 virus enveloped the the Olympics with news that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games will now be held next year.

Well, it’s now official. Corona-virus has ensured large parts of the country have been sealed off with immediate effect in an effort to halt the ever-growing spread of the pandemic.

Covid-19 continues to not just throttle daily life around the world but also add steadily to the mortality count, making it the most existential threat many of us have ever faced.

Restrictions are in place across almost every golf course, as much in India as around the world in the wake of the ever-growing spread of COVID-19, the Corona-virus.

While it an increasingly serious situation, the spreading corona-virus pandemic is not only spreading humour, but also cutting into golf schedules.

Aadil Bedi needed his best to halt the Udayan Mane juggernaut for his maiden title at the Bengal Open in Kolkata on Sunday.

Udayan Mane stayed on course for a record fourth straight title as he shared the lead with teenager Aadil Bedi after round three of the Bengal Open.

Gursimar Badwal ended a 14-month title drought in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Classic Golf & Country Club on Friday.

Udayan Mane is in the form of his life and on Friday, chalked up his 14th straight sub-70 round to join a four-way tie for the Bengal Open lead.

The ever-growing threat posed by the Corona-virus pandemic threatens to put golf worldwide on hold as it has done with other sports.

Digvijay Singh made an impressive return to competitive golf with a sizzling 8-under-par 62 on day one of the Bengal Open at the Tollygunge Club on Thursday.

Chandigarh-based amateur Hunar Mittal led the field in the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour’s event at the Classic course on Wednesday.

The worsening situation across the globe caused by the Corona-virus threat has forced postponement of the Hero Indian Open 2020.

Here’s wishing you all sweet swinging, destructive driving, incredible iron-play and precise putting all year long this Holi.

There is something special about golfing in the fog as 56 intrepid players discovered at the Hindan golf course on Sunday..

Tiger Woods has pulled out of next week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass citing a bad back, and the worry now is whether he will be ready to defend his Masters title in April.

Vani Kapoor overcame an early stumble to break a title drought on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour stretching back over two years at the Jaypee Greens on Friday.

Vani Kapoor continued her climb back towards form and solidity with a patient 2-under par 70 and a share of the lead alongside Amandeep Drall at the Jaypee Greens on Thursday.

Amandeep Drall took a two-shot lead on the opening day of the fifth leg of the Hero WPGT at the Jaypee Greens on Wednesday.

Anirban Lahiri will not be back to defend the title he won in 2015, the last time the event was held, but nine Indians in all will line up at the Bandar Malaysia Open that gets under way on Thursday.

Sungjae Im became the latest member of Ernie Els’ Internationals to win on the PGA Tour since the defeat at Melbourne last December.

Three-time Ladies European Tour winner Aditi Ashok returned the day’s best card to finish in a share of fourth place at the Women’s NSW Open in Dubbo, Australia, on Sunday.