Weekly Digest: Issue 1 on Indian Golf
The past week Oct. 26th – Nov. 1st, 2020 saw a total of five Indian players play across the tours and continents. Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri played at the US$4 mn Bermuda Championship, Shubhankar Sharma and SSP Chawrasia played the US$1.16 mn Cyprus Open on the European Tour and Anika Varma, the top-ranked amateur […]
Anirban Lahiri: “I put a lot of work in during the lockdown when I was in India”
Anirban Lahiri, the two-time European Tour winner and the only regular Indian golfer on the PGA TOUR is in this week’s field at the $4 mn Bermuda Championship starting today. This is an excerpt from his interview with Chua Choo Chiang. Senior Director, International Marketing & Communications, APAC, PGA Tour. Anirban Lahiri has made a decent […]
Tiger’s Masters Triumph and the outburst of Social Media
It would be a lie if we said no living golf loving being on the planet did not celebrate the win of the legend, the GOAT Tiger Woods at the 83rd Masters Tournament, where he won himself a fifth green jacket, 15th major, and his 81st PGA TOUR title all at once. Tiger Wood’s story […]
Kuchar wins in Hawaii, how much prize money each golfer earned
“20 is the new 40”, Matt Kuchar quoted Jay-Z, post his four-strokes win over Andrew Putnam, at the $6,400,000 Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club. This win was his second on the 2019 season and came in just 64 days gap for him, his last win was at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in […]
Belgium savour maiden World Cup title; India T-10
Two Thomases—Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry—went to Melbourne with a lot of hope but winning it all would not have crossed their mind before the beginning of the second day of the ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf (November 22-25) at The Metropolitan Golf Club, Melbourne when they held the top spot. After all, […]
Matt Kuchar wins, Lahiri T-10 at Mayakoba Golf Classic
1666 days, that is how many days 40-year-old Matt Kuchar had to remain winless for his eighth victory on the PGA TOUR at the $7,200,000 Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Golf Club, Mexico. Kuchar posted a total score of 22-under 262 en route to his one-stroke win over New Zealand golfer Danny Lee and […]
Teams finalized for World Cup of Golf
Australian duo Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith will face a field that includes the defending champions, major championship winners and leading players from previous Presidents and Ryder Cups at the 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf, with each country’s leading player having selected his partner for the unique team format. Following a four-stroke […]
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 […]
18 holes with Murali Natrajan
‘An unexpected. scary hazard guarded the green during a round…!’ “Intense“ is how Murali Natrajan-Managing Director & CEO, DCB Bank Ltd.-would describe himself on the fairways. The finance veteran cherishes the lessons he learned from Sir Nick Faldo’s book ‘A Swing for Life‘ and fondly recalls meeting the great man a few years ago. The self-taught […]
Sharma makes first major cut a day prior to his 22nd birthday
India’s rising star Shubhankar Sharma successfully made the halfway cut in his maiden appearance at The 147th Open at Carnoustie on Friday, one day before turning 22. It is also the first time that Sharma made it through to the weekend rounds in a Major championship, having missed the mark earlier at The Masters in April […]