Tag: Rashid Khan

Eight months after its last event, the Professional Golf Tour of India returns to action at the Rs 30 lakh Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship from Thursday.

With the corona-virus pandemic pushing the Tokyo Olympic Games back by a year, there will be a new set of qualifying dates for the golf medals in Japan next year.

The ever-spreading pall cast by the Covid-19 virus enveloped the the Olympics with news that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games will now be held next year.

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.

Karandeep Kochhar led the way in the 2020 season-opener with an 8-under 63 on day one of the Golconda Masters at the Hyderabad Golf Club on Wednesday.

The 2020 men’s professional golf season gets rolling at the Hyderabad Golf Club with the Rs 40 lakh Vooty and Haldi Presents Golconda Masters Golf Championship from Wednesday.

Kapil Kumar, in solid form these past few weeks, set a blistering pace at the Rs 1.5 crore Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur on Thursday, blazing his way to a 10-under 62 at the Golmuri course.

Shamim Khan led the field by two shots on 11-under-205 after round three of the Rs 40 lakh Kensville Open near Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Shamim Khan and Arjun Prasad, took the early lead in the third edition of the Rs 40 lakh Kensville Open at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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 put himself in line for an unprecedented repeat win in the $400,000 Panasonic Open India with a second straight 5-under 67 to share the lead on 10-under 134.

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.

Priyanshu Singh emerged a shootout winner over Kshitij Naveed Kaul in the Jaipur Open at the Rambagh Golf Club on Friday.

An interesting press statement landed in my in-box this morning. It said Mahendra Singh Dhoni India’s 2011 Wold Cup-winning captain has successfully picked up the sticks, like his 1983 predecessor Kapil Dev.

Bangalore golfer Syed Saqib Ahmed hit a 9-under-61 in round two of the Jaipur Open to open up a three-shot lead on 15-under-125 at the Rambagh Golf Club on Wednesday.

A birdie spree by 2010 Asian Games silver medallist Abhinav Lohan saw him post a sensational 9-under 61 for the lead on the opening day of the Jaipur Open at the Rambagh Golf Club on Tuesday.

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.

Delhi pro golfer Rashid Khan shot a final round of 10-under-54 to clinch victory by four shots at 14-under 149 at the Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour at the BSF Golf Course in New Delhi on Friday.

Kushal Singh of Gurgaon carded a 5-under-59 to take the early lead at the opening event ofthe Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour at the BSF Golf Course in Chhawla, New Delhi, on Wednesday.

The 2019 Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India Feeder Tour season tees off on Wednesday with the first event to be played at the BSF Golf Club in Chhawla, New Delhi.

With neither side showing any signs of backing down, the standoff between professional golfer Rashid Khan and the Delhi Golf Club is quickly going nowhere. And this has seniors in the fraternity worried.

The ongoing altercation between professional golfer Rashid Khan and the Delhi Golf Club is a replay of an age old story, of the struggle between authority and those that challenge it.

Delhi’s Rashid Khan came from behind to pip the field on the Rs 30 lakh Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday.