A chat with Gaganjeet Bhullar

Gaganjeet Bhullar, who has won nine times on the Asian Tour, the most of any Indian, is one of the favourites in the field this week.   Bhullar said he is all set for the tournament and that he was impressed with the redesign of the course, though this was only the second time he had […]

The DGC Open – a truly international event

Paul Peterson

The field for the inaugural US$ 500,000 DGC Open presented by Mastercard  comprises 138 players, including an expected 60 foreign players from over 20 countries. Spectators can indeed compare the different playing styles and talent from across the world. The featured players are likely to be the quartet consisting of South Africa’s Ian Snyman, the […]

Bhullar storms to 5th place in Thailand

Bhullar’s final round 64 saw him jump up the leaderboard

Gaganjeet Bhullar produced final day fireworks with a 64 to follow rounds of 67-69-69  to finish tied for 5th at the US$ 1.5 mn International Series Thailand at Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin. . Bhullar, who has won nine times on the Asian Tour, was playing in his first tour event of the […]

Bhullar makes cut in UAE

Gaganjeet Bhullar

Gaganjeet Bhullar got off to a fast start with opening rounds of 70-67 but fell back on the weekend with 74-74 to finish tied-72nd on 3-under 285 at the US$ 2mn Ras Al Khaimah Classic at Al Hamra Golf Club in UAE. This was Bhullar’s first tournament of the season as he had taken a […]

Udayan Mane wins PGTI Tour Championship and tops Order of Merit

Udayan Mane receives the winner's cheque and trophy from Mr. T V Narendran, CEO & Managing Director, TATA Steel. The other dignitaries in the picture are Mr. Sanjiv Paul, Vice President (Safety, Health & Sustainability), TATA Steel (extreme right), Mrs. Ruchi Narendran (extreme left) and Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI (2nd from left).

On an exciting final day at the ₹1.5 crore Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur, Udayan Mane outlasted two-time European Tour winner Shubhankar Sharma and a charging Rashid Khan down the stretch to claim the title by one shot.  Mane began the final round tied Sharma at 15-under, with Khan seven shots back at 8-under. […]

Indian Pros head to Phuket as Asian Tour resumes

Jeev Milkha Singh

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, […]

Bhullar makes cut in Europe

Gaganjeet Bhullar

33-year-old former European Tour winner Gaganjeet Bhullar, the only Indian in the field shot 72-69-70-72 (3-over 283) in Mallorca to make the cut in his final event of the 2021 European Tour season. He is expected to finish at 149th on the European Tour’s Rankings, and will enjoy only partial exemption for the 2022 European […]

Indians struggle in windy conditions in Europe

Shubhankar Sharma

Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar struggled in brutal afternoon winds at the famous Valderrama course in Spain to both miss the cut which was the highest of the year at 6 over par.  Sharma was coming off a brilliant 3rd place finish last week at the Spanish Open which moved him into the top 60 […]

All three Indians make the cut in Northern Ireland

Shubhankar Sharma

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 . […]

Hero to sponsor European Tour event at St. Andrews

Shubhankar Sharma at last year's Hero Open

European Tour  As was done in 2020, Hero Motocorp will sponsor a European Tour event in 2021. The US$ 1.5mn Hero Open, an event introduced by the European Tour is all set to be played at Fairmont St. Andrews from August 5-8, just 5 miles away from the historic Old Course at St Andrews Links, […]