Pondicherry Diary: Oh the lovely bakers of Auroville!
By the time this Pondicherry sojourn gets over, I foresee a real problem on return to Delhi. Bread.
Category: Offbeat
Charlie has his day(s) in the sun as daddy Tiger looks on
For two days, Charlie Woods broke the internet. Followers and fans could not get enough of his club twirls and fist-pumps.
Papwa Sewgolum, South African golf’s Indian genius
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.
Here are five of the most challenging golf holes in the world
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.
Tiger and cub to prowl fairways at PNC Championship
Tiger Woods will team up with his son Charlie for the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando (Grande Lakes) from December 17 to 20.
Diwali greetings to all from Teetimetales.com
Season’s greetings to all golfing friends and fraternity and wishing you all good scores on this most auspicious of days
A time for GOATs; and there’s plenty of ‘em to pick from!
By definition, a ‘Greatest Of All Time’ or GOAT, is a singular entity. That’s what the phrase suggests. But we live in times of such riches that there are a plethora of GOATS to pick from.
IPL musings; and two cricketing deaths, 13 years apart
This is turning out to be a humdinger of an Indian Premier League out in the deserts of Araby, the IPL 13.
Stray thoughts on an IPL with some big differences
The first few matches of IPL 13 have thrown up some interesting points and happenings in the United Arab Emirates.
Hard times bring golf pros together to create mini series
The Indian professional golf tour is stalled thanks to the ever-expanding footprint of the corona-virus and all but off the table for year 2020.
A 107-day break ends; as does an agonising 30-year wait
Thanks to the corona-virus pandemic and its fallout, it was a full 107 days between visits to a golf course, and what a pleasure it was to return to the fairways and greens.
Thailand’s Jazz finds a home away from home with the Chopras
Jazz Janewattananond is itching to get back into action and reignite his PGA Tour dream. Till then, he’s found a family away from home with two-time PGA Tour winner Daniel Chopra.
A novice’s first look at the vast world of golf gaming
With zero time on the course over the last two months, it was an inevitable question; What does a golfer do when she or he cannot play any golf?
McIlroy, DJ in live-on-TV charity game as golf pushes on for early return
In the arid golf desert created by the corona-virus pandemic worldwide, the occasional oases are beginning to crop up on the horizon.
Our caddies are in the rough as lockdown goes on and on
Caddies are the force behind many a golfer, good and bad, despite their little eccentricities, and they need our help in this time of Covid crisis.
String theory: Golf lessons in unwinding a tangled mess
It is only a piece of string. A very long one, admittedly, but in essence, that’s all it really is. And it’s finally given me something to do.
Stray thoughts from a now-deserted golf course
I am a golf course. Like thousands of my sisters across the world, I have been deserted, basically left alone for some time now.
No swing and miss stuff in golf on a fog heavy morning at Hindan
There is something special about golfing in the fog as 56 intrepid players discovered at the Hindan golf course on Sunday..
BPGC emerge Grover Zampa inter-club golf champions
Bombay Presidency Golf Club (BPGC) regained the Grover Zampa Vineyards Inter-Club Golf Championship with a thumping performance at their home course in Mumbai on Sunday.
Golf is quiet for now, but in India there’s always the cricket
The T20 matches against New Zealand may have gone down to the wire, but India prevailed each time, and in differing circumstances.
My mother who won golf competitions in a sari
My mother, Meera Phookan was the only woman in Digboi, Assam who played golf in a sari. Her cotton sari often brought home bonguti that needed to be removed meticulously by hand, by our nanny.
Some top guns of the last season and Tiger’s new beginning
The year gone by has been one in golfing history that almost every single fan of the sport will remember for a long time including a landmark for Tiger Woods.
Did you know these few interesting facts about golf?
Gone are the days when golf was talked of as the game for old people. Modern day golf games are a lot more exciting and full of passion besides being an international attraction.
Tiger-ish wish for the Twenties from Teetimetales
At the start of not just a new year, but a new decade, Teetimetales wishes friends, readers, well-wishers and golfers everywhere the very best.
NGC Oil India New Year Cup draws record number of entries
The freezing temperatures seem in no way to have deterred NGC members who have turned out in record numbers for the Oil India New Years Cup.