Kalhaar proves stern test for Senior Nationals
Former Asian Games gold medalist Rishi Narain won the Indian Golf Union’s 50th annual All-India Seniors Golf Championship, played at the challenging Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad. The three-day stroke-play event was held over the Jack Nicklaus signature design course with tough pin positions and swirling winds on the final day. Narain shot a […]
IGU Amateur tournaments
In a welcome development for the many young players chasing national golf honours, the Indian Golf Union, the apex body for amateur golf in the country, has begun conducting its amateur qualifiers to earn a spot on the national amateur tour. The first qualifier was held from March 7-11 at Panchkula Golf Club outside Chandigarh, […]
Bangalore duo claim All India Junior Girls and Boys titles
The Bangalore duo of Avani Prashanth and Shaurya B Bharathan dominated the competition to claim the All India Junior Girls and Boys titles respectively at Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The 15-year-old Prashanth, who is already a two-time winner on the Hero WPGT Tour, won the title by six strokes over Chandigarh’s Puneet […]
All India Men’s Amateur ends in a thriller !
The 120th All India Amateur Championship ended in a thriller as Bangalore’s Aryan Roopa Anand eagled the par 5, 36th and final hole at the Pune Club course to force a sudden-death playoff against Panchkula’s Yuvraj Singh which he then won with a par. In winning, Aryan became one of the few players to win […]
Would you like to be a Golf Rules Guru ?
Imagine being the golf rules guru in your club ? You can sort out all those rules disputes and become the golfer your buddies call when they want to settle an argument over the sometimes complex rules of golf. Well here’s your chance – you can sign up for the IGU’s Online Level 1 Rules […]
15 yr old Avani lifts All India Ladies title
15-year-old Avani Prashanth of Bangalore, validated her top world amateur ranking among Indians by lifting the 107th All India Ladies Amateur title at Noida Golf Course with a dominant performance. Avani, who has also won two pro titles on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour (Hero WPGT) beat Kriti Chowhan of Jaipur by 4 and […]
Yuvraj Singh registers back to back wins on amateur circuit
Kapurthala’s Yuvraj Singh beat Shaurya Bhattacharya of Delhi in the 36-hole match play East India Amateur final at Royal Calcutta Golf Club on November 21st to complete back to back wins on the Indian Golf Union’s (IGU) men’s amateur circuit. Earlier this month, Yuvraj shot 67-72-63-71 at Golmuri Golf Club, Jamshedpur to win the Jharkhand […]
Senior National Championship to return
The Indian Golf Union (IGU), the apex body for amateur golf in India has officially announced the much awaited All India Senior Amateur & Mid Amateur Championship for Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 2022 at the spectacular Jack Nicklaus signature design, Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. While the mid Amateur is open to players over […]
Sneha Singh calls penalty on herself
Perhaps the most impressive two strokes of the IGU Rotary tournament at Golfshire, Bangalore were the two penalty strokes Sneha Singh called on herself when only she noticed that her novice caddy was testing the grass on the 15th green in Rd 1 by brushing it with his hand after Sneha asked him the line. […]
Sneha, Avani dominate at Golfshire
17 year old amateur Sneha Singh of Hyderabad, already a three-time winner on the Hero Pro Golf Tour (Hero WPGT) and Avani Prashanth ( soon to be 15 years) of Bangalore showed their class shooting 7 and 6 under respectively over 54 holes to finish 8 strokes ahead of the next closest challenger at the […]