Golf news, views and India happenings
With their Presidents Cup hopes slowly disappearing over the horizon, Anirban Lahiri and Shunhankar Sharma team up for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event at TPC Louisiana come Thursday.
Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan came from two shots behind to win the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Sunday for his maiden PGA Tour title..
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
Chikkarangappa S. had to battle till a fourth playoff hole before winning the Rs 30 lakh Delhi-NCR Open from close friend C. Muniyappa on Friday.
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.
Chikkarangappa S. produced a 5-under-67 to take a share of the lead alongside fellow Bangalore golfer C. Muniyappa (in the Tata Steel PGTI Delhi-NCR Open at the Noida Golf Course on Thursday.
Shamim Khan of Delhi and Bangalore’s C. Muniyappa moved into the joint second round lead on 9-under-135 at the Rs 30 lakh Tata Steel PGTI Delhi-NCR Open at a wet and rainy Noida Golf Course on Wednesday.
Kolkata pro Shankar Das grabbed the early lead at the Tata Steel PGTI’s Delhi-NCR Open with a 7-under-65 at the Noida Golf Course on Tuesday. Bangalore’s C. Muniyappa was one shot behind on 6-under-66 at the Rs. 30 lakh event.
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 roared. And Augusta National roared back at him, for him, with him, They packed the fairways and greens 15, 20 rows deep, in the thousands hoping to witness a miracle. And they got nothing less.
Francesco Molinari was at the US Masters alongside Tiger Woods, as caddie for his brother Eduardo in 2006 . In a few hours, they will go head to head at the top of the leader-board.
A sliding security guard almost stole the limelight at Augusta National, clipping Tiger Woods on the heel in a bid to keep himself between the golfer and his fans.
The number 70 on Tiger Woods’ card after the first day at Augusta National should worry the rest of the US Masters field. It is a figure that makes him very happy even when he is five shots behind leaders Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koeka.
The 83rd edition of the US Masters tournament tees off shortly after midnight India time tonight with 87 invited golfers from 22 countries around the world in the field this year.
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
Ajeetesh Sandhu and Rashid Khan fumbled at the finish in the Bangabandhu Cup as Thai rookie Sadom Kaewkanjana won through.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul of Delhi, in only his ninth event as a professional, displayed maturity beyond his years in a final round of 4-under-67 to win the Pune Open golf championship by one shot on Friday.
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.
Rookie teenager Kshitij Naveed Kaul (66) of Delhi and the seasoned Shankar Das (67) of Kolkata turned in late charges to move into the joint Pune Open lead at 11-under-202.
Sanjeev Kumar of Lucknow produced the second day’s top card of 5-under-66 at the Pune Open golf championship to set up a three-way tie for the halfway lead.
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.
Samarth Dwivedi matched the course record at the Poona Club golf course with an 8-under par 63 to set the tone in round one of the Pune Open Golf Championship on Tuesday.
Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher made the most of his years of experience to emerge winner of the Hero Indian Open 2019 on Sunday.