Krishnav Chopra invited for Dustin Johnson Invitational
17-year-old Krishnav Chopra, son of former international cricketer Nikhil Chopra has been invited for the prestigious Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship scheduled to be played in South Carolina from March 4-6. Krishnav, a student of the Laurel Springs Online High School is among the 60 boys invited for the tournament. Recently, Krishnav finished runners […]
PGA Tour gives in to player pressure
The PGA Tour has ended its stand-off with its own tour members who had petitioned for releases to play in the Saudi International, a US$5 million Asian Tour event that clashes with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am from Feb. 3-6, 2022. India Golf Weekly had reported on the Tour’s initial opposition to granting releases to […]
July 27, 7.30 pm – World’s Top Coach talks to Indian golfers
Interview After the overwhelming success last month of the live Q&A with amateur lady superstar of Indian origin, Megha Ganne, India Golf Weekly has now arranged a live webinar with Claude Harmon, coach to superstars Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and others. The time is Tuesday evening, 7.30 to 8.30 pm Indian Time, where Claude will […]
Augusta takes its toll on big names
MASTERS SPECIAL It was painfully obvious but remarkable nevertheless that 3 of the pre tournament favourites, defending champion and World No 1 Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka all failed to make the halfway cut which fell at 3 over par 147. Round one took its toll as the course played harder and faster […]
DJ continues Tiger-like domination
World No.1 Dustin Johnson continued his Tiger – like domination of world golf by winning his 3rd title in 8 starts, during which his worst finish is 11th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. His latest win was at the US$ 3.5mn Saudi International where he finished 2-strokes clear of Justin Rose and […]
Surgery puts Tiger out of action
45-year-old Tiger Woods’ went in for yet another microdiscectomy to remove a small fragment in his spine which puts him out of action for a couple of months at least. His doctors said the procedure, performed in late January, was successful and expect Woods to make a full recovery. His last back procedure, a spinal […]
Top-5 takeaways from 2020
2020 will be remembered forever for the pandemic. But while the lockdown was imposed world wide, players and the Tour took the opportunity to reinvent themselves and here we pick five standout achievements of 2020. Dustin Johnson’s epic Fall season captivated fans – World No.1, Dustin Johnson’s Fall 2020 was a story of dominance not […]
2018 sees maximum changes atop Ranking summit
The World No. 1 ranking changed ownership nine times this year, the most in the history of the Official World Golf Rankings inception since 1986, when Bernhard Langer became the first World No.1 golfer. The most change happened previously in 2016 when the top rank saw a total of eight changes. Little would one have […]
Justin Rose reclaims his World No.1 spot
38-year-old English golfer Justin Rose rose to World No.1 for the second time, after reaching the spot last on September 20, 2018. Rose successfully defended his Turkish Airlines Open title (earned €1,025,132 = ₹8,53,40,559) in a playoff against Chinese Haotong Li. Notably, this is the first successful title defense from the Englishman in a career spanning […]
2018: On the Wishlist
Given the highs 2017 brought with it, 2018 promises even more excitement. And why not? Irrespective of the sport and discipline, as a fan, the new year or season is always a time to enthuse and look forward to many a great occasion – and it needn’t just be restricted to breaking (or setting new) […]