Junior Golf: May 2019
Akshay Bhatia T-42 on his Web.Com debut 17-year-old World No.1 Junior golfer Akshay Bhatia entered the Monday qualifiers for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship, an inaugural event on the Web.com Tour to play only in his second professional tournament, where he successfully sailed past the cut-line to finish T-42 with successive rounds of […]
Juniors Bring Laurels
A total of 34 junior golfers, aged between 9- 18 years from across the country made up the Indian contingent for the 18th True Vision International Jr Golf Championship, 2019 in Thailand. The four-day team and individual tournament ran from April 9-12 and is recognized by R&A for WAGR and by Junior Score Board, USA. […]
Junior Golf in India just got uplifted
Golf in India has always been seen as a sport for riches and has no future. But U.S. Kids Golf plans to change it all as it has entered India and plans on having a series of tournaments leading to spots in U.S. Kids World Championship, U.S. Kids European Championships as well as U.S. Kids Teen […]
Junior Golf: July 2018
Rishika Impresses At National Championships 12-year-old Rishika Muralidhar is having a great time on the Junior and Amateur Ladies Golf Tour, recording three victories, besides one runner-up finish, in her four appearances at the IGU National Championships this season. Rishika, who plays in category C of the IGU events, won the IGU Rotary Karnataka Ladies […]
Junior Golf News: June 2018
Prarthana Khanna wins U-12 Gold at DLF Golf & Country Club 9-year-old Prarthana Khanna won gold in the Under-12 category of the 52nd Lufthansa Junior Golf Club Tournament on April 27. Nearly 70 players from across the country took part in the event, organized by DLF and Lufthansa at DLF […]
Kaul Comes Of Age At Indian Open
Teenage amateur Kshitij Naveed Kaul impressed everyone with a power-packed performance which belied men twice his age during the European Tour co-sanctioned Hero Indian Open at the ultra-demanding DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurgaon. The 17-year-old signed off with a brilliant 70 in the final round, especially when only 10 players could produce sub-par […]
9-Year-Old Prarthana Swinging It Right
At the age of 6, Prarthana Khanna’s parents wondered which sport she would pursue. Initial attempts at swimming and tennis proved futile. It was the opening of Hamoni’s stand-alone golf facility in 2014 that drew the youngster to golf. “During her first ever practice session, she enjoyed getting the ball up in the air,” says […]
Junior Golf News: February 2018
FALDO SERIES ROUND-UP Bragging Rights For Pakistani Baig In-form Ahmed Baig outgunned his rivals with an outstanding display of front-running as he swept to victory in the seventh Faldo Series Pakistan Championship. Baig assumed control of the 14th leg of the 2017-18 Faldo Series Asia season with a bogey-free, opening six-under-par 66 at Defence Authority […]
Juniors Make Merry At Faldo Series India Qualifiers
The IIFL Wealth Golf Invitational-Faldo Series India kicked off its series of club selection rounds across the country from the last week of November. The qualifiers offer golfers an opportunity to book a spot in the India Final of the Faldo Series as only the top-10 in each age category of the year-end IGU Order […]
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 […]