Hindan hosts a motley crew as Gents trump the Captains
It is a foggy Sunday dawn, but spirits are high at the Hindan golf course as the Jacks have gathered to do battle with the Morgans.
Category: Offbeat
Stage set for Hero World Challenge; Tiger warms up in style
Tiger Woods set himself up well for the $3.5 million Hero World Challenge starting Wednesday by winning a knock-about knock-out in New Providence, the Bahamas, on Monday.
Lahore attack, X-mas far from family gave ex-ump Taufel new perspective
A hail of AK-47 bullets in Pakistan and a festive occasion spent in South Africa far away from family gave Simon Taufel a sense of what he needed to do.
Confusion over sports gear that Delhi Metro and CISF could clarify
Could the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Central Industrial Security Force please clarify on what the policy is with regard to carrying sports equipment on Delhi Metro trains?
Diwali greetings to all from Teetimetales.com
Best wishes for the festive season on this day of lights to all in the golfing fraternity everywhere and may your scores drop to your heart’s content.
A birthday, and some happy memories of BK, golf guru
September 26 was Colonel BK Singh’s birthday. He is no longer amongst us, but his gracious wife Shakun and daughter Geetika decided to call his closest mates to observe the day.
As MSD takes to golf, Saqib grinds it out at Jaipur Open
An interesting press statement landed in my in-box this morning. It said Mahendra Singh Dhoni India’s 2011 Wold Cup-winning captain has successfully picked up the sticks, like his 1983 predecessor Kapil Dev.
Technique or result: What’s more important to your golf?
When golfers like me get out on a course, it’s a battle to keep scores as far away from the dreaded century as possible. Cross over into three figures and it is a bad day. Upper 90s, not too bad. Lower 90s, happy.
Spinning a yarn of spinners in Fortune Turners
A Sunday evening gathering at the Civil Services Officers Institute in Delhi turned out to be a heady mish-mash of nostalgia, reunions, entertaining yarns, and a few sobering home truths.
A Rory McIlroy flashback to the 2008 Omega European Masters
It was at the 2008 Omega European Masters that Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy announced his arrival on the big stage.
Thailand win GolfSixes in shootout; SSP, Gagan falter
Thailand rode the vast experience of Thongchai Jaidee to a narrow victory in the third GolfSixes Cascais and become the first Asian winners of the short-format tournament in Portugal on Saturday.
NGC greens reopen, and they are a sight to behold
With greens at the Noida Golf Course reopening after a three-week break for maintenance and aeration,, they look in top shape.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 warm-up games live on Star Sports
As Team India fly out for their World Cup campaign with Virat Kohli averring there was no scope for complacency despite being one of the favourites, Star Sports has said it would telecast all the warm-up games leading up to the tournament.
Moliwood’s Tommy to headline Hero Challenge on Liverpool waterfront
Moliwood bromance, member Tommy Fleetwood,headlines the Hero Challenge in Liverpool alongside Indian Open champion, Stephen Gallacher, on May 7 ahead of the British Masters
Introducing Neo, my (occasional) golf agony uncle
Tiger Woods has his Tiger Tracker. He’s followed on Twitter, Instagram, the Golf Channel and god knows where else. I, on the other hand, have a single, one-point, fanged Tracker. Neo.
Even at the Indian Open, cricket ain’t too far away
Die-hard cricket follower and European Tour regular Brandon Stone is out to make Bernd Wiesberger a fan of his second favourite sport before they are done at the Hero Indian Open 2019 here this week.
Of missed hits and mis-hit adventures with a golf ball
A freak freeze on Thursday and a narrow escape on the golf course on Friday have set the tone for a chilly weekend.
A new start that has just crossed the two-year mark
On August 7, 2018, I launched teetimetales.com after 35 years of writing for newspapers. It was the start of a journey that is still a very new one, with new horizons opening up all the time. Time for the next step.