Tag: golf

When golf returned to the Olympics in Brazil five years ago, a new course was designed specifically for the competition.

Ashleigh Barty may not seem the most obvious opener in a conversation about golf but with Declan McCollam, you get more than what you see.

Shock and disbelief from the Indian golf fraternity greeted the passing of passionate patron Siddharth Shriram from Covid-related complications on Monday.

One of the reasons for this visit to Kashmir was to squeeze in some golf, with the Lidder Valley course in Pahalgam high on the list of priorities.

Flying into Srinagar and thereafter making an exit from the airport was not quite along expected lines, the arrangements making for a quick if not entirely painless process.

For the next few days, Teetimetales.com hopes to be in Kashmir and a chance to visit at least a few of its fabulous and fabled golf courses.

Rotary Club of Delhi South on Wednesday launched a fund-raiser at the Delhi Golf Club for children suffering from Congenital Heart Defects.

Golfers are always looking for new places to enjoy their sport. We’ve put together this post describing some of the most golf delightful destinations.

Twenty-five years after he last pranced around the fairways in front of a camera for and as Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler was back, this time with his phone-cam.

This is the story of a South African “coloured” golfer from a Natal settlement, and a journey that took Papwa Sewgolum from international fame to obscurity.

Golf can be a difficult game at the best of times. It takes time, money and energy to learn how to hit a golf ball well.

Hyderabad lad Milind Soni record a comfortable victory in both the Amateur and Teen A Boys events of the RBG Eagleton Champions Golf Tournament in Bangalore.

Every recreational player has experienced the disgust of a badly-hit shot, even those who make a living from golf. It happens to the best.

Travel to Thailand may still be some way off thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ban on international flightsl, but encouraging signs are in the air.

Thanks to the corona-virus pandemic and its fallout, it was a full 107 days between visits to a golf course, and what a pleasure it was to return to the fairways and greens.

With the extended Covid-19 lockdown nearing its end, golf clubs and courses around the country are gearing up to play safe hosts for returning players.

A young woman professional golfer and her lawyer compatriot have petitioned the sports ministry seeking an early re-opening of golf courses around the country.

British prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on Sunday that golf courses in England were likely to open in the next 48 hours will create a fair degree of expectation in India as well.

Caddies are the force behind many a golfer, good and bad, despite their little eccentricities, and they need our help in this time of Covid crisis.

Friday’s announcement by the government extending the nationwide lockdown to combat the Covid-19 threat will put further strain on a nation and economy.

It is only a piece of string. A very long one, admittedly, but in essence, that’s all it really is. And it’s finally given me something to do.

I am a golf course. Like thousands of my sisters across the world, I have been deserted, basically left alone for some time now.

The T20 matches against New Zealand may have gone down to the wire, but India prevailed each time, and in differing circumstances.

My mother, Meera Phookan was the only woman in Digboi, Assam who played golf in a sari. Her cotton sari often brought home bonguti that needed to be removed meticulously by hand, by our nanny.

The year gone by has been one in golfing history that almost every single fan of the sport will remember for a long time including a landmark for Tiger Woods.