Lahiri’s 5th finish in Texas ignites Olympic race
TEXAS Anirban Lahiri, India’s only regular on the PGA Tour, shot rounds of 71-69-69-69 (10-under 278) to finish solo-fifth at the US$ 7.7mn Valero Texas Open from April 1-4. Lahiri’s stellar week helped him add US$ 315,700 (₹2.3 crores) to his earnings and 9.12 Official World ranking points to move to 319th in the world […]
Lahiri replaces Koepka at THE PLAYERS
FLORIDA 33-year-old, Indian Olympian, Anirban Lahiri is all set to tee off at this week’s THE PLAYERS Championship scheduled from March 11-14 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. After missing the cut at last week’s US$ 9.3 mn Arnold Palmer Invitational, Lahiri was not assured of getting a spot this week. […]
Watch DeChambeau’s monstrous drive at Bay Hill
FLORIDA On March 6th, American PGA Tour superstar Bryson DeChambeau, hit a massive 368-yard drive across a huge lake on the par-5, 6th, while playing in the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He has been in fact hinting in the build-up of the tournament that the par-5 555 yard hole was drivable, with […]
Lahiri makes another cut in Puerto Rico
RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO Anirban Lahiri, India’s only regular on the PGA Tour, made yet another cut on the PGA Tour , finishing -39th at the US$ 3mn Puerto Rico Open with scores of 70-71-71-70 (6-under 282). Also in the field was Arjun Atwal, who failed to make the cut with scores of 71-76 (+3). […]
Indian American teen Bhatia on the PGA Tour
Former top-ranked US junior, 19-year-old Indian-American Akshay Bhatia shot rounds of 64-73-72-73 (6-under 282) to finish tied-30th at the US$ 7.8mn AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Bhatia’s opening round of 64 consisted of eight birdies, making him the first player since 2008 to hit every green in […]
Koepka is back !
Winner of 4 major titles and former World No 1 showed he has recovered from his medical treatments which sidelined him for most of the past 18 months by winning the US$ 7.3mn Phoenix Open with a masterful performance. Koepka, who saw his world ranking plummet out of the top ten in the past year […]
Lahiri’s brave Monday Bid
18 Hole Monday qualifiers to get into events on the PGA Tour are one of the toughest tests in golf. From around 150 players, only the top 2-3 qualify which means scores have to be really low. On Monday this week, Anirban Lahiri, India’s lone ranger on the PGA Tour shot an awesome 7 under […]
Hero MotoCorp to sponsor the broadcast of ‘The Masters’ coverage in India
An absolute firecracker of a week is upon us as we have got ‘The Masters’ from Nov.12-15, where the reigning champion, Tiger Woods is looking to defend his green jacket and Diwali on Saturday, November 14th. To make this even more exciting, Hero MotoCorp is going to help us all enjoy the event by sponsoring […]
PGA TOUR cancels THE PLAYERS Championship and more events
28-year-old, Japanese golf star, Hideki Matsuyama, finished his opening round with 9-under 63, quickly making him a favourite to win THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. But, it was not to be. Later in the day, PGA TOUR announced to go ahead with the tournament, without the fans, starting Friday (second-round) and after the conclusion […]
2019 U.S. Open, Round 1: Highlights
Extended highlights from Round 1 of the 199th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach U.S. Open late afternoon highlights Every shot of Tiger Woods first round 70 Hightlights from the opening round of Justin Rose, the current leader at 65