Junior Golf: July 2018
Rishika Impresses At National Championships 12-year-old Rishika Muralidhar is having a great time on the Junior and Amateur Ladies Golf Tour, recording three victories, besides one runner-up finish, in her four appearances at the IGU National Championships this season. Rishika, who plays in category C of the IGU events, won the IGU Rotary Karnataka Ladies […]
Club Round-up: July 2018
[To share news on your club or updates from across the country, please email Amit and Karthik] Manesar Classic Golf & Country Club organised a workshop for managers on June 14 with industry partners and guest speakers in attendance. Accomplished names from the industry including Dhruv Verma (Founder & […]
Women’s Golf Day
Delhi-NCR Women’s Golf Day Celebration across Clubs in Delhi-NCR With the objective to engage, empower and support women golfers, Women’s Golf Day was first observed in 2016. Clubs in and around Delhi NCR celebrated the occasion last month. Classic Golf & Country Club organised an event for members and non-members alike, in an endeavour to […]
Tête-à-Tête with Deepali Shah Gandhi
Golf Industry Association President: ‘All sports, including golf, must be encouraged’ Deepali Shah Gandhi was unanimously elected President of Golf Industry Association (GIA) by the Board during the seventh annual India Golf Expo in Bengaluru. The Director of Zaverchand Sports takes over the reins of the association from Devang Shah, Managing Director of Navratna Group, who […]
Women’s Golf: July 2018
Two Top-15 Finishes for Sharmila Nicollet Indo-French Bengalurean Sharmila Nicollet finished T-13 at the had finished T-14 at the €35,000 AXA Czech Ladies Championship at Golf Resort Konopiste (near Prague) on June 16. The 27-year-old, who was tied second at the end of the first round, was hampered by a troublesome ankle. Sharmila had also […]
Australian Great Peter Thomson Passes Away
Peter Thomson breathed his last on June 20. He was 88 and, for the past four years, was battling Parkinson’s Disease. The five-time British Open champion will be remembered for his contribution to golf, especially in India and South-East Asia. Arguably Australia’s greatest golfer, he helped […]
What The Future Holds For Indian Golf?
Indian Golf Union (IGU) has faced testing times the past few months; first they were derecognized by the Sports Ministry for not abiding with the National Sports Code laid out by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and then – recently – saw 50 members walk out of the scheduled Extraordinary General Meeting on […]
Club Round-up: Louis Philippe Cup 2018
[To share news on your club or updates from across the country, please email Amit and Karthik] Bengaluru Prestige Golfshire set to host Louis Philippe Cup 2018 Golfshire is currently playing the best it ever has and it would be fitting to host a tournament of the stature of the Louis […]
Titleist Introduces all-new AVX Golf Balls
The breakthrough performance of Titleist AVX – a new high-performance golf ball – will be available to Indian golfers (in white and high-optic yellow) later in July. A comprehensive test conducted in Arizona, California and Florida from October 2017 to January 2018 resulted in the resounding validation of […]
Junior Golf News: June 2018
Prarthana Khanna wins U-12 Gold at DLF Golf & Country Club 9-year-old Prarthana Khanna won gold in the Under-12 category of the 52nd Lufthansa Junior Golf Club Tournament on April 27. Nearly 70 players from across the country took part in the event, organized by DLF and Lufthansa at DLF […]