Sri Lankan’s win highlights PGTI’s International players
Sri Lankan veteran N Thangaraja’s win at the Chennai Open 2025 this week, underlined the Professional Golf Tour of India’s international players, although he remains the only foreign player to win in 2025. The last other overseas champion on the PGTI was Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain, another veteran, who claimed the 2024 Indian Oil Servo Masters […]
IGPL completes its 2nd event – Kartik shines
37 year old Gaganjeet Bhullar captured his second straight Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) title, but the league’s boost for the 15 year old Kartik, was the real story at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida. 15-year-old leader Kartik Singh, who elected to join the pro ranks early, was leading at 7 under par going into the […]
Hovland, Lowry join McIlroy, Fleetwood in Delhi this October
The DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club from October 16–19 is shaping up as the strongest field ever assembled in India. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, recent FedExCup champion Tommy Fleetwood, 2019 Open winner Shane Lowry and Norway’s Viktor Hovland—an 11-time winner worldwide—headline a lineup that also features home favourite Shubhankar Sharma. Key […]
Hero Women’s Indian Open raises purse
The Hero Women’s Indian Open (HWIO) returns to the DLF Golf & Country Club from October 9–12, 2025, with a 25% bigger purse of US$500,000, making it South Asia’s richest ever women’s event. As a late-season stop on the Ladies European Tour (LET), the tournament is crucial for players chasing full playing rights for 2026 […]
Fans can watch Ryder Cup on FanCode
Indian golf fans can watch every shot this weekend of the highly anticipated 2025 Ryder Cup live on the live streaming App, FanCode. The trans-Atlantic showdown between Team USA and Team Europe will be played from September 26–28, 2025, bringing three days of high-stakes match play to screens across India. Often called the ultimate team […]
Kashmir: A Golfer’s Paradise
Last week, India Golf Weekly accompanied a large group of golfers from across North India to a tournament in Pahalgam. One of the participants, Delhi based restauranteur Kabir Advani, was so taken up by the experience, and shares it here with our readers: Kashmir’s natural beauty takes centre stage for any golfer seeking a world-class […]
LET – Pranavi, Hitaashee make cut in Sweden
Pranavi Urs, 22, produced a steady performance to finish T-42 at 2-over 290 in the US$1 million La Sella Open on the Ladies European Tour (LET) in Sweden. The Mysuru golfer, who earned her LET card at the 2023 Qualifying School, but missed the summer due to an injury, remains the third-best Indian on the […]
Ladies European Tour qualifiers in Morocco
The Ladies European Tour (LET) has confirmed that once again all stages of its 2025 Qualifying School will return to Morocco, and it appears they will not hold a pre qualifier in India, as done in 2022 and 2023. In 2022–23, Classic Golf & Country Club in Gurugram hosted an Asia Stage 1 event, giving […]
Vidhi Lakhawala makes LPGA debut
17-year-old Vidhi Lakhawala, an Indian-origin golfer from New Jersey, made her LPGA Tour debut at the US$2 million Kroger Queen City Championship, carding rounds of 74–71 but missed the cut by just two strokes. Lakhawala arrived with strong junior credentials—ranked 8th on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) standings and already a two-time winner […]
Vietnam celebrates golf boom
Vietnam is emerging as Asia’s fastest-growing golf market, adding 60 courses in the past eight years and targeting another 100 in the next eight—a pace unmatched anywhere in the world. India Golf Weekly Publisher and Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) Executive Rishi Narain was in Hanoi last week at the 20th anniversary celebrations of Vietnam […]