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.
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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.
Anirban Lahiri rode on four birdies in five holes to finish strongly at the $6.7 million Valspar Championship in Florida on Sunday, putting him in a good space ahead of the 55th Hero Indian Open ,
Australia’s Scott Hend made a return to winning ways as he by beating Spain’s Nacho Elvira in a playoff for the Maybank title. in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday
Defending champion Shubhankar Sharma all but blew away hopes of retaining his crown at the Maybank Championship with a 2-over par 74 on Saturday.
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.
Defending champion Shubhankar Sharma made big gains on day two of the $3 million Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Anirban Lahiri recorded a steady 1-under par 71 on the opening day of the $6.7 million Valspar Championship to sit in a tie for 28th place and four behind the leaders at Palm Harbour, Florida, on Friday.
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.
Diksha Dagar scripted history with a bogey-free final round of 3-under par 69 to win the Women’s South African Open in Cape Town on Saturday.
Anirban Lahiri made his first cut in four starts at the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach and is finally getting to see some weekend action.
Bangladesh’s Md Zamal Hossain ended a seven-year winless streak with the Bengal Open title at the Tollygunge Club course on Friday with a 7-under 63.
Anirban Lahiri overcame an off-colour run and tricky conditions at the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach to sit on a gritty 2-under-par after 17 holes when darkness halted play on Thursday.
Honey Baisoya could not match his scores of 64 from the first two rounds but battled his way to a 5-under 65 to extend his lead at the inaugural Bengal Open in Kolkata on Thursday.
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.
Delhi’s Honey Baisoya shot a second straight 6-under par 64 to move into the halfway lead in the Rs 30 lakh Bengal Open at the Tollygunge Club course in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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.
Young guns powered themselves into the spotlight on the opening day of the Rs 30 lakh Bengal Open Golf Championship at the Tollygunge Club in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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..
Diksha Dagar notched up her maiden top five placing at the Women’s New South Wales Open on Sunday with a 1-under 70 to finish on 6-under par 278 on Sunday.
Rashid Khan completed a dominant display in the Chittagong Open with a final round of 9-under par 63 on Saturday to win by a massive seven shot margin.
Anirban Lahiri made a strong recovery from a shaky first round to make the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Friday.