The evergreen Rahil Ganjee may not have gone as well as he would have wanted to at the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup in Chiba, Japan, but he did well enough to come in as the best-finishing Indian on Sunday.
Thirty-two players in various age-groups have qualified for further competitions under the global banner of the US Kids Golf from India in 13 age groups.
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?
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.
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
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.
Priyanshu Singh led 41 players into the PGTI’s 2019 season, topping the Final Qualifying Stage at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Teenager Aadil Bedi led the way as four Indians earned their full cards for the upcoming season on the fifth and final day of the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School in Hua Hun, Thailand, on Sunday.
Chiragh Kumar, Abhijit Chadha and youngsters Aadil Bedi and Karandeep Kochhar were the best of the 17 Indians at the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage in Hua Hin on Thursday.
Maiden Asian Tour winner Khalin Joshi of Bangalore is the PGTI Order of Merit champion for 2018. With just the Tata Open left to be played, he holds an unassailable lead in the money list.