Tiger Woods pleased with first day of FedEx Cup finale

Tiger Woods overcame a three-putt start to his Tour Championship campaign to close out the day with a share of the lead at the FedEx Cup finale in Atlanta.
Tiger Woods overcame a three-putt start to his Tour Championship campaign to close out the day with a share of the lead at the FedEx Cup finale in Atlanta.
Four from Bengaluru and one from Hyderabad were the early winners at the 10th Sara Futura Karnataka Golf Festival at the KGA course on Thursday.
Caareer-best round gives Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma maiden PGTI title in the QA InfoTech Open at Noida Golf Course on Friday.
Shubhankar Sharma will play the ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf later this year as he became one of the first 28 players named by tournament officials on Friday.
Angad Cheema made the most of improving conditions to take the lead on day three of the QA InfoTech Open at the Noida Golf Course on Thursday.
Arjun Prasad of Delhi and Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera shared the lead after the second day of the QA InfoTech Open 2018 at the Noida Golf Course on Wednesday.
Hero MotoCorp is to continue its sponsorship of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas with tournament host Tiger Woods appearing along with an invitation-only field.
Five players were tied for the lead after the opening day of the inaugural QA InfoTech Open tournament at the Noida Golf Course on Friday.
Leading Indian professional Jeev Milkha Singh will headlines the field for the inaugural edition of the Rs 40 lakh QA InfoTech Open.
Patna;s Aman Raj chalked up his maiden PGTI victory with a comfortable three stroke margin at the Rambagh Golf Club on Friday.
India are among six Asian nations to have qualified for the World Cup of Golf at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club this November.
Tiger Woods capped his return to competitive golf with his first Ryder Cup slot as a player since 2012 after being named as a non-playing vice captain.
As always, the spotlight was on Tiger Woods, who faded away on the final day after promising rounds of 66 and 68 on days two and three.
On Saturday, Lahiri had just one birdie against three bogeys and said his game had gone off the boil even though he had hit 14 greens in regulation.
The par-71 18-hole course plays to 6,756 yards and combines lagoons, coconut groves and lush greenery with undulating fairways.
In the individual medal event, Rayhan Thomas, Aadil Bedi and Khitij Naveed Kaul all had an off day in tough scoring conditions.
India trailed Japan by six shots and were three clear of South Korea after the second day of the Asian Games competition in Jakarta.
India were second overall, five shots behind favourites Japan and ahead of Korea, Thailand, China and hosts Indonesia.
India have fielded a young side for the Asian Games with Hari Mohan Singh being the senior at 24 among the men.
India’s Anirban Lahiri is drawn alongside Tyrell Hatton and Brandon Harkins for the opening two days.
Lahiri went as far as the third round at the BMW Championship after just making the cut at the Dell Technologies Championship.
Tiger Woods has climbed to 26th in the world golf rankings from 1,199th place
The 2019 Mastercard Japan Championship will mark the PGA Tour’s return to Japan
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