Making golf accessible is IGTE day one keynote; and some offs too

Former professional golfer and national coach Amandeep Johl had a telling message on the opening day of the 8th edition of the India Golf & Turf Expo in New Delhi on Friday.
Former professional golfer and national coach Amandeep Johl had a telling message on the opening day of the 8th edition of the India Golf & Turf Expo in New Delhi on Friday.
The 8th edition of the India Golf & Turf Expo, South Asia’s largest golf industry trade show, to be held on Friday and Saturday (April 26 and 27) at the Thyagraj Stadium near INA Market in New Delhi, has attracted wide attention.
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
With his historic Masters title,US Presidents Cup captain Tiger Woods has climbed from no. 17 to no. 9 in the team standings as he looks to become the second-ever playing captain and the first since Hale Irwin in 1994 for the event later this year in Australia.
Eldrick Tont Woods is back. He is roaring again. This morning, when the world woke up and opened its newspaper, there was one news item common in every part of the globe. Tiger Woods had won his 15th major championship.
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.
In the last couple of months, several letters have come in with one basic query; why cannot Indian golfers go the last mile after having done so much of the hard work?
The Jack Nicklaus designed Classic GCC was at its springtime best for the Audi quattro golf tournament last week
Sahil Jain (3-10 handicap) of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai’s Murad Talib (11-17) and Satish Cheeti (18-24) of Hyderabad qualified for the world finals of the MercedesTrophy in Stuttgart, Germany, this October.
Arin Ahuja in the Advanced A category boys event recorded a sub-par score to emerge winner at the recent 10th JTP tournament at the Noida Golf Course recently.
Former winner Anirban Lahiri launches his Hero Indian Open campaign in a short while knowing his putter could be the difference between make and break on the DLF greens in Gurgaon.
For two-time winner Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia, the 2019 edition of the Hero Indian Open is all about redemption.
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.
In addition to all the home-grown talent talent on show at the $1.75 million 55th Hero Indian Open, there will be a few names that will roll easily off desi tongues.
Rayhan Thomas, India’s highest-ever ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, at 17th is upbeat ahead of his foray into the 2019 Hero Indian Open here next week.
Gaganjeet Bhullar (-4) was the best-placed of 10 Indians in the field at the $3 million Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, three behind leaders Marcus Fraser of Australia and Spain’s Nacho Elvira.
Internationals team captain Ernie Els has named Korea’s K.J. Choi, South Africa’s Trevor Immelman and Canadian Mike Weir as his final three captain’s assistants for the 2019 Presidents Cup.
Former Asian Games gold medalist Rishi Narain battled to a narrow win in the two-day AVT Champions Tour 2019 over 1983 World Cup-winning Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev at the Classic course.
Eight players battled for the lead on the final day of the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida on a cold Sunday afternoon, and at the end there was Rory McIlroy.
Ever since the start of the season interpretation of new rules have cast a long shadow across golf, most recently a quadruple bogey for Tiger Woods at the Players that need not have been.
Andrew Johnston has set his sights on another crack at the big prize at the 55th edition of the Indian Open after losing in a playoff in 2018.
Global golf tourism and trade figures will be among 500 delegates at the 8th Indian Golf and Turf Expo 2019 in New Delhi on April 26 and 27.
The Rs 30 lakh Bengal Open Golf Championship will be played at the historic Tollygunj Club from Tuesday, the Tata Steel-PGTI said in Kolkata..
A sunny morning, dazzling machinery and greens like greased lightning made for an interesting combination in the eighth leg of the BMW Golf Cup at Jaypee Greens on Thursday.
Eight-time winner Tiger Woods has withdrawn from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida, with a neck strain.