Pranavi outlasts Gaurika to win Hero WPGT season-opener

Pranavi Urs

Pranavi Urs ended a 13-month title wait with a play-off win against Gaurika Bishnoi in the first leg of the Hero WPGT in Hyderabad on Friday,

Hero Indian Open cancelled for the third straight year

Stephan Gallacher

The upcoming Hero Indian Open 2022 was on Thursday cancelled, making it the third year in a row the national Open has had to be scrapped.

Three-way tie for lead in first round of PGTI Pre Qualifying II

Lokesh Lakshman

Lokesh Lakshman, Deepak Chouhan and amateur Harsh Gangwar shared the first round lead in Pre Qualifying II in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Career-low round by Aditi; Varner ends six-year title wait in Jeddah

Aditi Ashok

Aditi Ashok blitzed the Crown Colony course with a career-best 9-under par round of 63 that included just 23 putts on the final day of the LPGA event in Florida.

Asian Tour gets bigger with International Series, larger payouts

International Series

LIV Golf Investments and the Asian Tour on Tuesday unveiled The International Series, besides its 2022-23 venues and purses for 10 marquee international events announced in November last year.

Epson comes on board as title sponsor for LPGA qualifying tour

Technology giant Epson has joined forces with the LPGA as title sponsor of its qualifying tour, it was announced on Sunday.

Aditi Ashok hits solid Sunday round at Gainbridge for top-15 finish

Aditi Ashok

Aditi Ashok overcame a third-round blip to take tied 13th place at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Raton, her first outing of the 2022 season on Sunday.

Busy PGTI schedule for 2022 season with two new events is out

Viktor Hovland

The Professional Golf Tour of India, PGTI, will hold nine tournaments between February and April that include new events in Kolkata and Delhi.

Viraj Madappa tops race to qualify for Saudi International

Viraj Madappa

Viraj Madappa on Thursday topped the field in the two-day qualifier at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club for next week’s lucrative Saudi International.

Madappa leads Saudi International qualifying race in Abu Dhabi

Viraj Madappa

Viraj Madappa headed the field after the first qualifying round for the season-opening PIF Saudi International at Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

PGTI Q School resumes in Ahmedabad from February 7

Manav Bais

PGTI’s Qualifying School 2022 resumes at the Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad, from February 7 after being halted post the Pre Qualifying I stage.

Nishtha Madan set to make LPGA debut at Florida event

Nishtha Madan

Nishtha Madan will make her debut on the biggest stage women’s professional golf has to offer, the Gainbridge LPGA in Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday.

Bhatia wins Bahamas Korn Ferry event with riveting back nine

Akshay Bhatia

Akshay Bhatia became the third-youngest player to win a Korn Ferry Tour event with a two-stroke victory in the Bahamas on Wednesday.

Augusta comes calling for national champ Avani Prashanth

Avani Prashanth

National women’s amateur champion Avani Prashanth will be winging her way to Augusta National in March and is over the moon at the opportunity.

Aditi, Anirban, Shubhankar, Tvesa, Diksha included in TOPS list

Aditi Ashok

Aditi Ashok came within a whisker of a golf medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The silver-bronze playoff eliminated her early but the 23-year-old had made a point.

Season 5 of Thai Golf Pass launched with events on the cards

Thailand

The fifth season of Thai Golf Pass, was launched via a virtual platform on Tuesday with hopes that Thailand would be open to visitors in the near future.

Season’s greetings from TeeTimeTales to all

Xmas

May your swing follow its plane, may your golf ball fly long and far, may your short game bring a smile to the face, and most importantly, may your putts drop when they are most needed.

Five-way tie for opening day lead at ICC RCGC Open

Mari Muthu R.

Mari Muthu R., Harendra Gupta, Angad Cheema, Ankur Chadha, and Vikrant Chopra all shot 4-under 68s to share the first round lead at the Rs. 40 lakh ICC RCGC Open in Kolkata on Thursday.

Golf in the Nilgiris-2: The Wellington Gymkhana Club

Wellington Gymkhana

For years, we knew it only as The Gym. Formally though, it was and remains the Wellington Gymkhana Club.

Microgravity, SLW Golf to host indoor golf event

Microgravity golf

The first edition of the Microgravity Corporate Masters, an indoor simulator-based golf event tees off later this week.

Late surge carries Kapur past Rashid Khan in Jeev Invitational playoff

Take prize

Shiv Kapur won his first-ever PGTI title, beating Rashid Khan in a playoff at the Rs. 1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2021 in Chandigarh on Sunday.

Diwali greetings from Teetimetales to all

Diwali

Season’s greetings to our subscribers, readers and friends, and wishing you all good health, a peaceful and prosperous year and finally, good scores for those swinging a club , wherever that may be

Five surprising golf facts you (probably) haven’t heard

Golf ball

As a golf fan, you probably live, breathe and dream about golf, swotting player performances and statistics.

Greg Norman heads lucrative Saudi-backed series on Asian Tour

Asian Tour

Greg Norman will be chief executive of a newly formed company that will stage 10 new marquee events on the Asian Tour over the next 10 years.

Golf in the Nilgiris-1: The Ootacamaund (Ooty) Gymkhana Club

Ooty Gymkhana

For those fortunate to have visited the Blue Mountains, names like Ooty, Coonoor, Burliar, Kotagiri, Pykara and so many others are redolent of idyllic sojourns.