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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.
China’s Haotong Li crashed out of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play as he lost 6 and 5 to Kevin Kisner of the United States in the Round of 16 on Saturday morning in Austin, Texas.
Julian Suri tripped at the very end to fall into the clutches of Callum Shinkwin on 11-under on the penultimate day of the $1.75 million Hero Indian Open on Saturday.
Haotong Li progressed into the round of 16 after a last-gasp win in the third round at the $10.25 million World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play on in Austin, Texas, on Friday.
Julian Suri kept his nose ahead of the field in the $1.75 million Hero Indian Open 2019 with a second successive 5-under par 67 at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon on Friday.
China’s Haotong Li extended his brilliant run at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play with a gritty 1-up victory over world no. 3 Brooks Koepka in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
It was a slaughter of the heavyweights on the opening day of the Hero Indian Open 2019 at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon with only 44 professionals able to break par on a hit and sunny Thursday.
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.