Pondicherry Diary: Room with a view and the Banana

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Golf worldwide at a low ebb with the festive season, it was time for the once-in-a-while getaway, and an overdue visit to Pondicherry.

Season’s greetings to all from TeeTimeTales

Santa

May your drives fly straight and far, your chip-shots where they are intended to go and your putts fall more often than fail in 2021.

Charlie has his day(s) in the sun as daddy Tiger looks on

Tiger and Charlie Woods

For two days, Charlie Woods broke the internet. Followers and fans could not get enough of his club twirls and fist-pumps.

Gaganjeet Bhullar brings it home in Tour C’ship finale

Gaganjeet Bhullar win

Gaganjeet Bhullar grinded his way to the winner’s cheque at the Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur on Sunday.

Malik in three-way tie for Tour Championship honours

Amardeep Malik

Amardeep Malik may well be forgiven if he has been pinching himself over the last couple of days at the Tour Championship currently in progress in Jamshedpur.

Gupta leads Tour C’ship as Chawrasia scorches Tata turf

S.S.P. Chawrasia

Harendra Gupta led the PGTI Tour Championship by a shot but it was S.S.P. Chawrasia who set Jamshedpur alight with an 11-under round par on Friday.

Hitaashee Bakshi wins on second Hero WPGT start as a pro

Hitaashee Bakshi

Hitaashee Bakshi, in only her second event as a professional, emerged winner as the 2020 chapter of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour ended on Friday.

Chikka fires a blistering 62 for Tour Championship lead

Chikkarangappa S.

Bangalore’s Chikkarangappa S. carded a first round 10-under-62 for the lead at the Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur on Thursday.

In-form Amandeep holds one-shot lead with a day to go

Amandeep Drall

Amandeep Drall led the field for a second straight day in the final leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Classic course on Thursday.

Amandeep, Vani share lead in 9th leg opener at Classic GCC

Amandeep Drall

Experience held sway at the Classic Golf and Country Club with Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall tied for the first day lead on Wednesday.

Papwa Sewgolum, South African golf’s Indian genius

Papwa Sewgolum

This is the story of a South African “coloured” golfer from a Natal settlement, and a journey that took Papwa Sewgolum from international fame to obscurity.

Double whammy: England’s golfers clean up at Dubai

Lee Westwood

One stage and two wins it was for England golfers Matthew Fitzpatrick and Lee Westwood on Sunday at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.

Here are five of the most challenging golf holes in the world

Driver

Golf can be a difficult game at the best of times. It takes time, money and energy to learn how to hit a golf ball well.

Amandeep completes start to finish win in WPGT eighth leg

Amandeep Drall

Amandeep Drall sank two birdies in her last four holes to fend off Seher Atwal on Friday, the final day of the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour

Amandeep Drall opens up solid lead at DLF women’s event

Amandeep Drall

Amandeep Drall returned a second successive 70 to lead the field by five shots in the eighth leg of the Hero WPGT on Thursday.

Amandeep Drall takes early lead in WPGT eighth leg

Amandeep and Tvesa

Amandeep Drall took the early lead with a 2-under par 70 on the opening day of the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour on Wednesday.

Sneha Singh seeks a repeat show of Noida form at DLF

Sneha and Tvesa

Sneha Singh will seek to become the first amateur back-to-back winner in 2020 heading into the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at DLF.

Kochhar prevails in playoff over Lahiri at Jeev Invitational

Karandeep Kochhar

Karandeep Kochhar completed a come from behind win over Anirban Lahiri in the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational in Chandigarh on Monday.

Lahiri, Kochhar take Jeev Invitational into Monday decider

Anirban Lahiri

The Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational will again need a play-off to decide the winner, this time between Anirban Lahiri and Karandeep Kochhar.

Jeev Invitational race tightens, Lahiri into top three

Akshay Sharma

Unable to make PGA Tour fields, Aniaran Lahiri flew 13,000 kilometres to play the Jeev Mikha Singh Invitational 2020 for some match time.

Home golfer Akshay Sharma has halfway lead in Jeev Invitational

Akshay Sharma

Akshay Sharma carded a 4-under- par 68 in testing conditions to take the halfway lead at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational presented by TAKE Sports on Friday.

Sneha makes NGC trip memorable with second pro tour title

Sneha Singh

Hyderabad amateur Sneha Singh made it a start-to-finish run in the seventh leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Noida Golf Course on Friday.

Double-eagle Joshi tops Jeev Invitational leaderboard

Khalin Joshi

Khalin Joshi rode an injured wrist, inconsistent putting and two eagles to post a first round 66 for the lead at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational on Thursday.

Sneha Singh retains her lead as Noida GC nips at field

Sneha Singh

Sneha Singh maintained a one-shot lead over the field with a level par 72 in round 2 of the seventh leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Noida Golf Course on Thursday.

Amateurs Sneha, Hunar grab spotlight on opening day at NGC

WGAI NGC

National women’s champion Sneha Singh had the only sub-par card to lead on the opening day of the seventh leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour event at NGC on Wednesday.