Aditi Ashok qualifies for AIG Women’s Open, her 19th Major

Following her Olympian feats at Kasumigaseki GC where she missed a Games medal by a whisker, Aditi Ashok has ensured her berth at the upcoming AIG Women’s Open.
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Following her Olympian feats at Kasumigaseki GC where she missed a Games medal by a whisker, Aditi Ashok has ensured her berth at the upcoming AIG Women’s Open.
Shubhankar Sharma secured his second top-10 finish of the season on the European Tour with a tied ninth placing in the Cazoo Classic near London on Sunday.
Anirban Lahiri survived a back-nine mini-meltdown before carding a second successive card in the 60s to move into the weekend rounds of the PGA Tour’s season-ending Wyndham Championship on Friday.
The PGA Tour and European Tour have unveiled details around their strategic alliance, with the PGA Tour also releasing its 2021-22 season schedule.
The Women’s Professional Golf Tour has posted its schedule for August-September with the first event at the DLF Golf and Country Club at the month-end.
Wednesday’s announcement by the Official World Golf Ranking, OWGR, governing board greatly widening the scope of its points distribution system will benefit players around the world.
The Professional Golf Tour of India returns to life after a lockdown-enforced break of almost exactly six months with the Golconda Masters Telengana Open early next month.
On a day of multiple twists and turns, it was the resilience of American Nelly Korda that ultimately secured her place in history as an Olympic gold medallist.
Neeraj Chopra made it a golden evening for India in Tokyo with his historic effort with the javelin though one could argue Aditi Ashok had set the tone earlier on in the day.
In terms of statistics, it should be a no-contest in the women’s golf competition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo between Nelly Korda and Aditi Ashok.
Aditi Ashok continued to produce some phenomenal golf to be on the cusp of a historic medal for India at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a polished performance on Friday.
Aditi Ashok kept hopes high even as Indian hockey history was written not very far away, but the spotlight was reserved for world no. 1 Nelly Korda who simply destroyed the Kasumigaseki Country Club on Thursday.
Five years ago, Aditi Ashok was a wide-eyed teenager and the youngest competitor in the women’s golf event at the Rio Olympics.
Imagine being 20, and being handed an opportunity to play out your most heartfelt dream. Little wonder, therefore, Diksha Dagar is floating her way around Tokyo and the Olympic Games.
With the men’s golf event having run its course it is time for the ladies to take centre-stage at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
USA’s Xander Schauffele held on brilliantly to win the men’s golf event gold ahead of a record-setting Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia.
There’s been a bit of an anti-climax in the Indian push for golf glory at the Tokyo Olympics with top hope Anirban Lahiri strangely off colour.
American Xander Schauffele held on to a one-shot lead going into Sunday’s final round of the men’s Olympic golf tournament on Saturday but Hideki Matsuyama lurks.
Thai star: Jazz Janewattananond slipped to tied seventh place, in the weather-hit Olympic Games men’s golf competition on Friday.
From Galgorn Castle in Northern Ireland to the Tokyo suburb of Saitama is quite a journey, but when the Olympics call, it becomes one worth undertaking.
Anirban Lahiri turned in a resilient 67 to share eighth place on the weather-affected opening day of the men’s golf competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.
Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane are desperate to put golf firmly on the map at home with success at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Udayan Mane will tee off with late inclusion Jorge Campillo of Spain and Ondrej Lieser of the Czech Republic in the opening round of the men’s golf competition of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
When golf returned to the Olympics in Brazil five years ago, a new course was designed specifically for the competition.
The Tokyo Olympics golf competition was hit with a double whammy over the weekend with Spain’s world no. 1 Jon Rahm and US star Bryson DeChambeau testing positive for Covid-19.