Karandeep Kochhar wins PGTI opener

Karandeep Kochhar receives the winning cheque and trophy from Ms. Khyati Nayak, Head - Business Development, Gujarat Tourism (2nd from left) and Mr. Dinesh Shah, Chairman, Navratna Group (3rd from left). The other dignitaries seen in the picture are Mr. Devang Shah, MD, Navratna Group (2nd from right), Mr. Pranav Shah, MD, Navratna Group (extreme right) and Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI (extreme left).

Karandeep Kochhar shot 64-75-69-70 to win the Gujarat Open at the spectacular Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad and show he is more than just a Chandigarh GC specialist. He prevailed by one shot over Delhi’s Arjun Prasad for his first win on tour outside Chandigarh since turning pro. Kochhar, the 22-year-old from […]

Indian pros test positive for COVID

Anirban Lahiri

CHANDIGARH The second wave of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly and the most recent people on the receiving end of it have been our top Indian pros. On April 19th, India’s lone warrior on the PGA TOUR, Anirban Lahiri confirmed on his social media channels that he is suffering from high fever and has tested positive. […]

Back to back ₹ 1.5 crore purses on PGTI

Tata Steel Tour Championship

Tata Steel hosts PGTI’s (Professional Golf Tour of India) 2nd successive ₹ 1.5 crore purse event in Jamshedpur right after the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational presented by TAKE in Chandigarh last week which also offered ₹ 1.5 crore. After players have completed four events of ₹ 30 lac and one ₹ 40 lac tournament this season, […]

Interview with India’s hottest young star – Karandeep Kochhar

Karandeep Kochhar

Last week we reported how 21 year old Chandigarh lad Karandeep Kochhar suffered a heartbreaking penalty but bounced back to win a playoff against PGA Tour regular Anirban Lahiri. The youngster has now gone  2nd, 1st , 1st in the last 3 PGTI events with an incredible total score of 48 under par in 12 […]

Youngster survives penalty to beat Anirban Lahiri in playoff

Karandeep Kochhar

22-year-old Karandeep Kochhar braved a heartbreaking penalty to win the ₹1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational presented by TAKE  at his home course of Chandigarh Golf Club after a hard-fought three-hole play-off against seasoned USPGA TOUR player, Anirban Lahiri. Karandeep finished regulation play seemingly with a one-stroke victory at 12 under par until the Tournament […]

Chikkarangappa now ranks 357 on the OWGR

Chikkarangappa S.

Last week, Bengalurean, Chikkarangappa S. tasted his maiden 2019 season win at the Golconda Masters in Hyderabad, the win has catapulted him to World No. 357 from his previous 461 (104 spots), courtesy his 5-ranking points there. RELATED: Sharma, the star at The Players Championship The joint runners-up Aman Raj and M Dharma took 2.50 […]

Chikkarangappa ends his two-year title drought at Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational

Chikkarangappa ends his two-year title drought at Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational

Chikkarangappa’s playoff win over local favourite Karandeep Kochhar provided a fitting finale to the first ever PGTI event to be named after a legendary Indian golfer – Jeev Milkha Singh. The 25-year-old Chikkarangappa S (70-66-68-72) came through in a cliffhanger at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2018 presented by TAKE Solutions after he ended the […]

Khalin Joshi wins Panasonic Open, his maiden on the Asian Tour

Khalin Joshi wins Panasonic Open, his maiden on the Asian Tour

Khalin Joshi finally got the monkey off his back. After three Top-10 finishes this season, Joshi, who has twice before finished runner-up at Asian Tour events, ended his wait for a maiden triumph with a win at the eighth edition of the Panasonic Open India. He made $72,000 with the win, putting him on 16th […]

Arjun Prasad and Mithun Perera enjoy the lead on Day 2 of QA InfoTech Open

Arjun Prasad and Mithun Perera enjoy the lead on Day 2 of QA InfoTech Open

Delhi-based teenager Arjun Prasad and Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera maintained their place atop the leaderboard in round two of the QA InfoTech Open 2018 at the Noida Golf Course on Wednesday. Both Prasad and Perera, who shot scores of three-under-69 to be part of the five-way lead on day one of the Rs. 50 lakh […]

Shiv Kapur’s first Asian Tour title on Home Course

Shiv Kapur

Home Comfort: Shiv Kapur Puts Up Strong Display At Delhi Golf Club To Pocket Panasonic Open India, His First Asian Tour Title On Home Course Taking a break can be a boon; Shiv Kapur proved just that by fulfilling his long-awaited dream of winning his  first international title at his home course – Delhi Golf […]