All eyes on Ajeetesh ahead of The DGC Open finale tomorrow
33-year-old, Asian Tour winner, Ajeetesh Sandhu of Chandigarh shot 1-over 73 in windy conditions today to remain two strokes behind Nitithorn Thippong of Thailand at 6-under 210 heading into the final round of The DGC Open tomorrow. Ajeetesh, playing in the final group of the day, was making the most of a hard day at […]
Khalin Joshi leads all Indian pros with top-10 finish on Asian Tour
Khalin Joshi, the 29-year-old Bengaluru golfer, shot 67-74-75-76 (4-over 292) to finish tied-8th at the US$ 1mn The Singapore International at Tanah Merah Country Club’s Tampines Course. Joshi earned US$ 19,600 (₹14.5 lacs) for his efforts. Joshi led the event on day one after shooting a superb 5-under 67 on Thursday and was still in […]
Indian Pros head to Phuket as Asian Tour resumes
The Asian Tour is all set to resume this week after a break of 18 months with the US$ 1mn Blue Canyon Championship on November 25-28 at the Blue Canyon CC in Phuket, Thailand. Indian stars entered to participate include Shiv Kapur, Aman Raj, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rashid Khan, Chikkarangappa S., SSP Chawrasia, Jeev Milkha Singh, […]
Sharma, Sandhu miss cut in Scotland
Shubhankar Sharma missed his first cut on the European Tour after making the last eight consecutively at the US$ 5mn Alfred Dunhill Link Championship, the high profile pro-am event played annually at St. Andrews, Scotland. Shubhankar shot 70-78-68 (even-par 216) and Ajeetesh Sandhu, who was also playing in the event, shot 71-77-76 (8-over 224) to […]
Indian men do well on European Tour
32-year-old Ajeetesh Sandhu of Chandigarh shot 69-69-69-72 (9-under 279) to finish tied-22nd at the US$ 1.2mn Dutch Open while Shubhankar Sharma, finished tied 27th at 8 under 280. This is Sandhu’s best finish of the European season taking his earnings to US$45,000 (Rs 33 lacs). . Shubhankar, who’s season earnings stand at US$ 426,300 (₹3.14 […]
All three Indians make the cut in Northern Ireland
Pro Golf – European Tour/Ladies European Tour It was a good week on the European Tour as all three Indian boys in the field made the halfway cut at the US$ 1.5mn World Invitational at Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland. Shubhankar Sharma, led the way with a 4-under total of 276 to finish tied-30th . […]
Sandhu makes cut in Germany
Pro Golf – European Tour Chandigarh’s Ajeetesh Sandhu, 32, shot 72-70-75 (1-over 217) to finish tied-29th at last week’s 54 hole US$1.4mn Porsche European Open in Hamburg, Germany which finished last Monday, thereby adding US$11,000 (₹8 lakhs) to his kitty. This is Sandhu’s best finish of the current European Tour season, in which he has […]
Indian pros find their groove in Europe
Pro Golf – European Tour After two weeks in the islands off the Spanish coast, the four Indian pros currently playing every week on the European Tour found their groove – all making the cut off to the final two rounds. In a series of very low scoring tournaments at slightly shorter courses in remote […]
Indian pros falter in Spain again
TENERIFE After missing the cut last week at the Canary Islands in Spain, all four Indian pros once again missed the 4 under cut mark at the Tenerife Open. SSP Chawrasia (70-69) who missed the cut by one stroke, Shubhankar Sharma (69-74), Gaganjeet Bhullar (74-71) and Ajeetesh Sandhu (75-72) couldn’t make enough birdies to make […]
Indian pros’ reality check in Europe
GRAN CANARIA All four Indian players, Gaganjeet Bhullar (69,69); Ajeetesh Sandhu (66, 72), SSP Chawrasia and Shubhankar Sharma missed the cut last week in Spain in a low scoring event where the cut went at 135, with 70 players shooting 5 under par or better for 36 holes. Bhullar and Sandhu in particular might consider […]