Tag: Asian Tour

Just how tenacious an adversary the corona-virus can be was demonstrated on day two of the RBC Heritage tournament in South Carolina.

England’s former world top-ranked golfer Justin Rose and his wife Kate said on Sunday they would sponsor seven tournaments for the in-limbo women professionals starting next week.

The PGA Tour has its Asian Swing. The European Tour on Thursday announced it would return to full-time action post-lockdown with a UK Swing. And now, we have an India Swing as well.

The worsening situation across the globe caused by the Corona-virus threat has forced postponement of the Hero Indian Open 2020.

Tiger Woods has pulled out of next week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass citing a bad back, and the worry now is whether he will be ready to defend his Masters title in April.

Anirban Lahiri will not be back to defend the title he won in 2015, the last time the event was held, but nine Indians in all will line up at the Bandar Malaysia Open that gets under way on Thursday.

Aditi Ashok was the best-finishing Indian in the Australian Ladies Classic at the Bonville Golf Resort on 3-under par on Sunday.

He’s been the hottest prospect on the domestic circuit for the past few months with three straight wins, and Udayan Mane is keen to put up a worthwhile show at the 2020 Hero Indian Open.

Abhinav Lohan earned his breakthrough win on the Tata Steel PGTI by a one-shot margin in the Bengaluru Open Golf Championship at the Karnataka Golf Association course on Friday.

Jon Rahm became only the second Spaniard after the late great Seve Ballesteros to win the European Tour Order of Merit while the Cat in a Hat, Aman Raj fell just short in a playoff at the Sabah Masters on Sunday.

Shiv Kapur pulled his 54th and final tee shot of the $400,000 Panasonic Open India out of bounds and never recovered, to gift South Korean 17-year-old Joohyung Kim a maiden Asian Tour title .

Terry Pilkadris of Australia and Ye Htet Aung of Myamnar returned the day’s best cards of 6-under 66 but overnight leader Itthipat Buranatanyarat of Thailand retained his place at the head of the field in the $400,000 Panasonic Open India..

Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa will make a rare appearance together at the Panasonic Open India which tees off at the Classic Golf and Country Club on Thursday.

Shiv Kapur and Shubhankar Sharma lit up Sunday with stellar performances at virtually opposing ends of Asia even if they fell just short of the big prizes at the end.

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..

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.

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.

The Asian Tour has this year brought on board a new event, the $300,000 Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship.

Diksha Dagar plundered the back nine with four birdies against one bogey to take the lead in the 13th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the DLF course in Gurgaon on Thursday.

The Asian Tour will have a third tournament in India in the form of the Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship that will run from September 12 to 15.

The weather is threatening to take centre stage as the 149th British Open on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on Thursday.

Even though it handed Khalin Joshi his breakthrough Asian Tour title last year, the Delhi Golf Club will not host the upcoming edition of the $400,000 Panasonic Open India later this year.