Volvo WGC 2017: Chandigarh Pair Book World Finals Ticket
The 9th edition of the Volvo World Golf Challenge concluded at Prestige Golfshire last month. And vying for a spot at the World Final next year in Sweden were the 18 winners from across 9 cities who played the National Final in Bengaluru. The Volvo World Golf Challenge began its 9-city tour in the first […]
Golfing To Educate Rural India
Isha Golf Jaunt 2017 Golfers at Willingdon Golf Club, Mumbai, and Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata, were pleasantly surprised last month to see men, women and children standing silently at each hole, and holding a placard that read ‘Isha Vidhya’. For it was a special occasion – the Golf Jaunt. Organised by Sadhguru and Isha […]
Lucky Chikka Retains Asian Tour Card
Chikkarangappa S. secured the final Asian Tour card for 2018 after finishing tied 20th at the Indonesian Masters. The Indian was ecstatic with the result which pushed him to 61st position on the Order of Merit and immediately thanked his good friend and former Order of Merit winner Anirban Lahiri for helping him rise to […]
Ahmedabad Becomes Anirban’s New Training Base
Gujarat’s capital Ahmedabad has become the new training base for World No. 69 Anirban Lahiri. The well-travelled golfer who was earlier based out of Bengaluru has been training at the most awarded golf course in the country — Kalhaar Blues & Greens — since the start of December. The shift of base has to do […]
Junior Golf News: January 2018
LITTLE MASTER JUNIOR GOLF TOUR Kanav, Ananya End Season on a High Kanav Chauhan and Ananya Chand were adjudged Player of the Year in the boys and girls categories respectively after the completion of the Little Master Junior Golf Tour’s 9-Hole Series and Par-3 series. While Kanav won both the 9-Hole Summer and Winter series in […]
Frittelli Pips Atwal To Mauritius Title
Dylan Frittelli beat Arjun Atwal at the first play-off hole to capture the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The 27-year-old South African, who was named European Tour Graduate of the Year at the start of the week after finishing 19th on the 2017 Race to Dubai, birdied the first extra hole after both players had finished […]
Daredevil: Shubhankar wins Joburg Open
Shubhankar Becomes Youngest Indian Winner On The European Tour By Clinching The Joburg Open Shubhankar Sharma dared what none of the other Indians could. He not only took up the challenge to compete in an event which was played on two courses with a massive 240-man field but also travelled from the eastern tip of Asia […]
Northend Super Golf Series Sees Impressive Turnout
Hosted by Amit Vaid (Managing Director, Northend Housing and Construction Pvt. Ltd.), the 3rd edition of the Northend Super Golf Series was held on December 2 at Jaypee Greens Golf Course in Greater Noida. The event saw as many as 110 golfers participate, including diplomats, civil servants and C-suite executives. Anil Dhasmana (Chief, Research and […]
KPCL Golden Eagles Golf Championship 2017
PGTI Hopes To Get World Ranking Status In 2018
Just a couple of decades earlier, it was a fairly common sight to see foreign players thoroughly dominate premier golf events taking place in India. However, with the game’s growth in the interim, defeating Indians at home has become rather rare. “We have already sent a proposal to the Official World Ranking body for approval. […]