Hero Indian Open has desi flavours in more ways than one

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.
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Eight-time winner Tiger Woods has withdrawn from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida, with a neck strain.
Single points and one-shot differences marked battles up and down the field in the just concluded NGC President’s Cup supported by ATS over three days last week.
The Mercedes Trophy moved one step closer to the national finals in Pune with the holding of the Noida rounds at the Jaypee Greens on Wednesday and Thursday.
In a boost for professional golf in the country, Tata Steel, was named on Wednesday as umbrella sponsor of the PGTI for three years.
Shubhankar Sharma made a late recovery with two birdies over his last four holes for a 1-under par 70 in the first round of the $10.25 million World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship on Thursday.
Local golfers Sidharth Chaudhary and Prabhat Agarwal qualified for the national finals of the Mercedes Trophy on the first day of the Gurgaon leg at the ITC Classic Golf Resort on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan golfing great Nandasena Perera passed away recently in Colombo, leaving behind a trail of wonderful memories at home and elsewhere.
With a satisfying second at the PGTI Players Championship, behind him Shubhankar Sharma will have his sights set next on the PGA Tour’s WGC-Mexico event that gets under way on Thursday.
Tiger Woods has named three captain’s assistants for the 2019 Presidents Cup, with Steve Stricker saying that he expected Woods to be a playing member of the team.
Anirban Lahiri, who has just welcomed the arrival of his daughter Tisya, returns to the PGA Tour at the Genesis Open later this week.
Riding on his points on from last week’s Golconda Masters win Chikkarangappa S., climbed 104 places thanks to his OGWR points.
USC scripted a dramatic comeback against Willingdon in the 23rd Grover Vineyards inter-club golf championship in Mumbai on Sunday. while Shubhankar Sharma headlines the field at the PGTI Players Championship that tees off on Tuesday.
Willingdon Sports Club came up with a strong performance, on the first day of the 23rd Grover Zampa Vineyard inter-club golf championship in Mumbai.
A freak freeze on Thursday and a narrow escape on the golf course on Friday have set the tone for a chilly weekend.