Chandigarh’s Sharma takes round one honours as pro golf resumes

On the opening day of the PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula and Chandigarh it was local lad Akshay Sharma leading the way.
On the opening day of the PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula and Chandigarh it was local lad Akshay Sharma leading the way.
Adt Ashok leads a squad of four Indians at the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic that tees off later under lights at the Emirates Golf Club on Wednesday.
Eight months after its last event, the Professional Golf Tour of India returns to action at the Rs 30 lakh Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship from Thursday.
Given his undoubted talent, Anirban Lahiri is yet to deliver the sort of results he would have expected of himself after six years on the flagship PGA Tour.
Under most circumstances, Tiger Woods would be a good bet to defend his title at this week’s Zozo Championship.
With cases in the Bahamas still surging and worldwide travel restrictions in place, the Hero World Challenge to be played at Albany near Nassau, has been cancelled.
The deadline has come and gone and the field is set as 78 players prepare to descend on Thousand Oaks in California, for next week’s Zozo Championship.
A positive test for the Covid-19 virus has ruled world number one Dustin Johnson out of the CJ Cup that gets under way later on Thursday in Las Vegas.
The Professional Golf Tour of India will wind down its 2020 season with a five-leg set of tournaments divided between Chandigarh, Digboi and Jamshedpur.
US-based Indian amateur Anika Varma finished third at last week’s inaugural edition of the Colorado National Women’s Amateur tournament.
Anirban Lahiri aims to gather momentum towards his 2020-21 PGA Tour campaign on debut at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.
Anika Varma continues to progress, and impress, her latest achievement being to qualify for a top US women’s amateur team event to be held next year.
Tvesa Malik put away the disappointment of a missed cut at the AIG Women’s Open with a 20th place finish at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open on Sunday.
How to get people outdoors and involved in a good cause at the same time was a poser for the Delhi Golf Club. Hold an event to honour corona-warriors, was the answer.
She will be teeing off alongside many of the world’s best players in a couple of days, so for Tvesa Malik, every step of her sojourn in Britain has been a learning curve.
For the first time, three Indians – Aditi Ashok, Tvesa Malik and Diksha Dagar – will appear at a golf major together, it was confirmed on Saturday.
Tvesa Malik and Shubnahkar Sharma survived into the weekend rounds of their golf tournaments in Scotland and Wales respectively.
Tvesa Malik marked a debut to remember on the Ladies PGA Tour and was well placed to make the cut in the $1.5 million Ladies Scottish Open on Friday.
It’s been a while since he was last on a golf course and Anirban Lahiri is quite looking forward to resuming his acquaintance with the game.
The Ladies Scottish Open which tees off on Thursday has three Indians – Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik – in an LPGA field for the first time.
Almost exactly 10 years ago, Arjun Atwal became India’s first winner on the PGA Tour. And now he’s back for some more.
Collin Morikawa from Los Angeles carved out a stunning two-shot victory in the PGA Championship on Sunday, and in the process, branded himself as “the one to watch out for”.
China’s Haotong Li endured a disappointing back nine at TPC Harding Park as his chase for major glory at the PGA Championship came unstuck on Saturday.
Three Asians made it into the weekend rounds of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco on Friday, led by China’s Haotong Li.
A late bogey sealed Anika Varma’s fate in the stroke-play rounds of the US Women’s Amateur Championship in Maryland on Wednesday.