Golf at 2021 Tokyo Olympics
In photo – Team India – Chikkarangappa S. (Anirban’s Caddie), Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane & Rupesh Pardeshi (Mane’s caddie) / Photo: IGU/Chikkarangappa S. Olympics A total of 120 golfers; 60 men and 60 women from over 35 countries will be representing their flags at the Olympic golf competition over the next two weeks in Japan. […]
IGU nominations for National Sports Awards
Recognition The Indian Golf Union (IGU) has nominated 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Udayan Mane, Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan & LET winner Diksha Dagar for the Arjuna Award. Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian winner on the European Tour when he claimed the US$ 1.1mn Joburg Open in […]
Gangjee makes 4th cut in Japan
Pro Golf – Japan Golf Tour 42-year-old Rahil Gangjee, a former Japan Tour winner, now based in Bangalore, could have finished much better but for a final day 78 which dropped him to 53rd at the US$ 900,000 Asia Pacific Diamond Cup in Japan. Rahil has made 4 cuts in his 5 starts since joining […]
Indian pro’s Covid initiative
Movers & Shakers A former winner of the Panasonic Open on the Asian Tour, Gurgaon based pro Digvijay Singh recently posted a video message urging listeners to support Covid relief efforts of Team Revolution and Team Multipliers, who are trying to source plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the past three months […]
Former Asian Tour champ wins in Europe
Austria 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner John Catlin, 30, won the US$1.2 million Austrian Open to earn his first start in a major – the USPGA Championship in Wisconsin, USA after breaking into the top 25 in the current European Tour rankings. Catlin is familiar to Delhi fans, having played the Indian Open […]
Bhullar and Sharma start European Tour season
Former European and Asian Tour winners, 32-year-old Gaganjeet Bhullar and 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma start their 2021 European Tour season at the US$ 8mn Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, from Jan. 21- 24th . They will then play the US$ 3.25mn Omega Dubai Desert Classic and US$ 3.5mn Saudi International for solid starts to the new season. The […]
Shubhankar’s Junior Series
Two-time European Tour winner and 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit No. 1, Shubhankar Sharma has taken on an initiative to develop junior golf in India with the ‘Shubhankar Sharma All India Invitational Junior Series’ in a bid to give back to the game he loves. The series will consist of 5 City qualifiers and best […]
Newsmakers: March 2020
Rory Returns To World No.1 Spot Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has returned to the world number one spot for the first time in over four and half years, replacing American Brooks Koepka. Last time McIlroy topped the rankings was on September 19, 2015, and his return marks a 1605-day gap between him leading the rankings […]
MEMORIES AND INDONESIA – THE JOHN CATLIN TRAIN MARCHES ON
There are fewer ways to stamp your authority on a three-win season. John Catlin did just that by winning the Thailand Open on the Asian Tour earlier in November 2019. Asia’s reigning player of the year held off India’s Shiv Kapur and local Thai hopeful Pavit Tangkamolprasert on the first hole of sudden-death to take […]
Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship set for its debut next week
Indian golfers have always performed well on the home soil and the US$ 300,000 Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship starting September 12, presents yet another great opportunity for the experienced and young guns, to showcase their A-game. Since 2011, Asian Tour events in India have produced at least two homegrown winners each year, […]