Weather threatens as British Open returns to Irish shores after 1951

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.
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.
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.
Patna golfer Aman Raj makes the cut at Maekyung Open Golf Championship in Korea on Friday as Khalin Joshi progresses in China.
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?
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.
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.
Defending champion Shubhankar Sharma made big gains on day two of the $3 million Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
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.
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.
Eight Indians, led by Veer Ahlawat, moved into the fifth and final stage of the Asian Tour’s qualifying School in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Saturday.
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.
Twenty-two year old Shubhankar Sharma on Saturday emerged 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion to cap to a dream season.
Asia continues to flourish as an assembly line for top-notch professional golfers as well as a destination for the world’s major Tours..