GOLFTV is coming to India sooner than expected
GOLFTV had earlier informed us that they will be rolling out their services in the Indian market by the start of 2022, well there is an exciting news about the same. GOLFTV, has announced to start their broadcasting services in India by end of February 2019, a full three years before the scheduled time. Exciting […]
Are Top Golfers Getting Younger?
The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), known as SONY OWGR until 1995, was introduced on April 6, 1986, when Bernhard Langer became the first golfer to be crowned World No. 1. He was aged 29. The average age of the top-10 golfers at the end of 1986 stood at 30.3, not far from the current […]
2018 sees maximum changes atop Ranking summit
The World No. 1 ranking changed ownership nine times this year, the most in the history of the Official World Golf Rankings inception since 1986, when Bernhard Langer became the first World No.1 golfer. The most change happened previously in 2016 when the top rank saw a total of eight changes. Little would one have […]
Chikkarangappa ends his two-year title drought at Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational
Chikkarangappa’s playoff win over local favourite Karandeep Kochhar provided a fitting finale to the first ever PGTI event to be named after a legendary Indian golfer – Jeev Milkha Singh. The 25-year-old Chikkarangappa S (70-66-68-72) came through in a cliffhanger at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2018 presented by TAKE Solutions after he ended the […]
Top-5 finish for India Seniors in Japan
Following on from their respective performances in the IGU All India Senior Tournament that was held on July 13 at Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort, Greater Noida the senior amateur team comprising current champion Rishi Narain, former winners Amit Luthra and Vijay Kumar Bhadana, and 1983 Cricket World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev represented India at […]
Thomas runner-up at Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
18-year-old Dubai based Rayhan Thomas fell two strokes short of a win at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship held at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore from October 4-7, 2018. He had also finished an impressive eighth at the World Amateur Championship in Ireland in September. Other Indians in the field included 18-year-old Kartik Sharma who secured […]
Women’s Golf: October 2018
Neha, Sharmila and Nikita in the hunt for LPGA card 20-year-old Aditi Ashok might have company on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour soon in the form of Neha Tripathi (aged 26), Sharmila Nicollet (27) and Nikita Arjun (24). The Bengalurean is currently the only Indian to hold an LPGA card. Sharmila and Nikita […]
Shubhankar, Anirban to represent India at World Cup of Golf
The 59th edition of the US$7 million World Cup of Golf (November 22-25) will feature 28 nations. Each country will be represented by two golfers. Shubhankar Sharma, the highest ranked Indian (108 on OWGR as of September 24), has automatically qualified and partnering him will be Anirban Lahiri (ranked 112). The four-day event will take […]
Club Round-up: September 2018
[To share news on your club or updates from across the country, please email Amit and Karthik] Mumbai BPGC prepares for night golf! The committee at Bombay Presidency Golf Club that a flood-lit driving range on the first fairway would be inaugurated soon. The facility will be […]
India Learn Golf Week Returns
Following the emphatic success of the inaugural edition of India Learn Golf Week (ILGW), the second edition is all set to commence from September 24-30. Over 40 clubs have confirmed their participation this year and more than 20,000 individuals are expected to their first lessons or swing. ILGW is an attempt to take the sport […]