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Abhinav Lohan finally earned his maiden title, ending a long wait with a playoff triumph at the season-ending PGTI Feeder Tour event at the Palms Golf Club & Resort in Lucknow on Friday.
Amandeep Drall and Diksha Dagar returned contrasting cards but both will feel they are in with a chance at the $500,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open .
Lucknow golfers took the limelight on home turf during round two of the Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour at the Palms Golf Club & Resort on Thursday.
Meghan MacLaren of England and Australia’s Whitney Hilliers led the field after the first day of the Hero Women’s Indian Open even as Pranavi Urs sank two late birdies for the best Indian card on the day.
Kashif Alam brought in a flawless 6-under-28 to take the honours in round one of the Feeder Tour season-ender at the Palms Golf Club & Resort in Lucknow on Thursday.
Sneha Singh is at the Hero Women’s Indian Open having earned a spot on the basis of her win in a domestic professional tour event at home in Hyderabad earlier in the summer.
Becky Morgan is back to defend her Hero Women’s Indian Open title as the tournament gets under way at the DLF Golf and Country Club from Thursday.
Tvesa Malik and Diksha Dagar warmed up for the 13th Hero Women’s Indian Open with solid performances at the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open in Spain,
September 26 was Colonel BK Singh’s birthday. He is no longer amongst us, but his gracious wife Shakun and daughter Geetika decided to call his closest mates to observe the day.
Priyanshu Singh emerged a shootout winner over Kshitij Naveed Kaul in the Jaipur Open at the Rambagh Golf Club on Friday.
An interesting press statement landed in my in-box this morning. It said Mahendra Singh Dhoni India’s 2011 Wold Cup-winning captain has successfully picked up the sticks, like his 1983 predecessor Kapil Dev.
Bangalore golfer Syed Saqib Ahmed hit a 9-under-61 in round two of the Jaipur Open to open up a three-shot lead on 15-under-125 at the Rambagh Golf Club on Wednesday.
A birdie spree by 2010 Asian Games silver medallist Abhinav Lohan saw him post a sensational 9-under 61 for the lead on the opening day of the Jaipur Open at the Rambagh Golf Club on Tuesday.
When golfers like me get out on a course, it’s a battle to keep scores as far away from the dreaded century as possible. Cross over into three figures and it is a bad day. Upper 90s, not too bad. Lower 90s, happy.
At one point on the final day of the Classic GCC International Championship, it looked as though Amardip Malik would bring home a top-25 finish..
Aditi Ashok had made it into the weekend rounds of the Lacoste Ladies Open at the Golf du Medoc near Bordeaux, France while Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik still had some way to go on day two of the event on Friday.
Yuvraj Singh Sandhu registered a nail-biting playoff victory against Delhi’s Wasim Khan in the Rs 8 lakh Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour event at Jaypee Greens Wishtown in Noida on Thursday.
Wasim Khan of Delhi and Noida’s Gaurav Pratap Singh surged into the joint second round lead with scores of 6-under-61 in the Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour at the Jaypee Greens Wishtown on Wednesday.
Three players shot 6-under-61s to share the first round lead at the Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour event at the Jaypee Greens Wishtown course in Noida on Tuesday.
The trophy will travel to Indonesia after Rory Hie became the first from his country to win an Asian Tour title, but India will have good reason to feel satisfied with the outcome of the inaugural $300,000 Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship.
Rashid Khan moved to within touching distance of a third Asian title even as unheralded Indonesian Rory Hie continued to lead the $300,000 Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship on Saturday.
Birdies in his closing two holes gave overnight leader Rory Hie enough of an edge to stay one shot ahead of the field on day two of the $300,000 Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship on Friday.
Asian Tour rookies Aadil Bedi and Aman Raj led a solid Indian push on the opening day of the $300,000 Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship on Thursday.
Players Championship and FedEx Cup winner Rory McIlroy was voted player of the year for the 2018-19 season by eligible fellow professionals, the PGA Tour said on Wednesday.
Argentine Miguel Carballo will be hoping to cash in on recent form as he takes on a strong Indian challenge at the $300,000 Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship.