Resilient Mithun comes through in RCGC thriller

Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera scored a hard-fought victory in the inaugural edition of the ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Sunday.
Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera scored a hard-fought victory in the inaugural edition of the ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Sunday.
Tiger Woods knew he had to set the tempo with Team US trailing 8-10 in Sunday’s singles. He also knew he had to be there at the finish if they were to halt a determined young International team.
Team USA fought back in Saturday afternoon’s foursomes to cut the Internationals’ lead to 10-8 on the penultimate day’s action in the Presidents Cup at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Tiger Woods won his second match but the young guns on the opposite side were a match for the second day in a row as the Internationals continued to lead USA in the Presidents Cup.
The Internationals opened up a shock 4-1 lead over defending champions USA on day one of the Presidents Cup at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Thursday.
Kartik Sharma has come in for high praise from Internationals captain Stuart Appelby after his display in the just-concluded Junior Presidents Cup played in Melbourne on Saturday and Sunday last..
Justin Leonard’s Team US survived a furious final day fightback by the Stuart Appelby-led Internationals to retain the second Junior Presidents Cup 13 matches to 11 at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Monday.
Aditi Ashok brought in her second runners-up result in two weeks as she finished one shot behind Magical Kenya Ladies Open winner Esther Henseleit at Vipingo Ridge in Mombasa on Saturday.
Patrick Reed found himself in a boatload of trouble for a rule infringement in round three of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and was penalised two shots on Friday.
A bogey-free second round after Wednesday’s rollercoaster brought Tiger Woods right back into the mix at the $3.5 million Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Thursday.
Vinay Kumar Yadav of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works emerged individual champion and his team retained their title in the 64th All India Railways Golf Championship.
Aditi Ashok finished tied second one shot behind winner Anne Van Dam at the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open in Marbella, Spain, on Sunday,
Shamim Khan made it a wire to wire effort in the Kensville Open with a three-shot win at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Shamim Khan led the field by two shots on 11-under-205 after round three of the Rs 40 lakh Kensville Open near Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Shamim Khan and Arjun Prasad, took the early lead in the third edition of the Rs 40 lakh Kensville Open at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad on Thursday.
New Zealand came from behind to pip trans-Tasman neighbours Australia on the final day to sweep the individual and team titles at the Asia Pacific Senior Amateur Championship 2019 in Malaysia.
Jon Rahm became only the second Spaniard after the late great Seve Ballesteros to win the European Tour Order of Merit while the Cat in a Hat, Aman Raj fell just short in a playoff at the Sabah Masters on Sunday.
Veer Ahlawat edged past six-time former winner Mukesh Kumar for his maiden title in the Rs 60 lakh IndianOil Servo Masters Golf 2019 in Digboi on Saturday.
Veer Ahlawat took the halfway lead at the IndianOil Servo Masters Golf in Digboi with an 8-under-64 round at the Rs. 60 lakh event on Thursday.
Shiv Kapur pulled his 54th and final tee shot of the $400,000 Panasonic Open India out of bounds and never recovered, to gift South Korean 17-year-old Joohyung Kim a maiden Asian Tour title .
Shiv Kapur put himself in line for an unprecedented repeat win in the $400,000 Panasonic Open India with a second straight 5-under 67 to share the lead on 10-under 134.
Ridhima Dilawari held her nerve when it most mattered to get the better of Diksha Dagar in a titanic battle down the back stretch and seal her fifth title of the season in Kolkata on Friday.
Terry Pilkadris of Australia and Ye Htet Aung of Myamnar returned the day’s best cards of 6-under 66 but overnight leader Itthipat Buranatanyarat of Thailand retained his place at the head of the field in the $400,000 Panasonic Open India..
Diksha Dagar sank two birdies in her last three holes to pull away from the field on day two of the 15th and final leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Thursday.
Thailand’s Itthipat Buranatanyarat led the way on a smog-hit opening day of the $400,000 Panasonic Open India at the Classic Golf and Country Club near Gurgaon on Thursday.