Shubhankar tees up for Charity
Shubhankar Sharma who has enjoyed a stellar run in the past 3 months in Europe returned to India after several months and appeared at The Purple Cup charity tournament at KGA in Bangalore on Oct. 21 supported by Brookfield Properties in partnership with Enable India. The charity works on disability inclusion and the event raised […]
Indian Lady Greens Superintendent wins award
Recognition :- Harshada Bhagvati, one of only two well known lady greens superintendents in India ( the other being Nuzhat Gul of Kashmir) was recently recognised for achievements during her 17 year career in the field of Turf Management, with the India Inspirational Women Award by Dreamcatchers. Harshada, who did an MSc. in Agriculture from […]
Clubs vaccinate as courses reopen
Club News The Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) in Bangalore was among the prominent clubs which successfully vaccinated all its caddies, staff and their families. All individuals followed COVID protocols before being vaccinated with their first doses while charges were borne by the KGA. Similar vaccination drives were planned at other courses, including the Delhi Golf […]
Seniors Get Competitive
Record Turnout for AVT Champions Tour, Bangalore The AVT Champions Tour, supported by the Ministry of Tourism under its ‘Incredible India’ campaign played out the second tournament of its second season at Eagleton-The Golf Resort, Bengaluru from Jan. 5th – 7th and observed a record turnout of 110 golfers from across India. Pune topped the list […]
7th Annual Golfing Doctor’s Tourney at KGA
Golf tournaments have been a popular form of getting together with your peers to form new friendships, renew old ones and exchange views. This is a global phenomenon and so in India, a unique annual Doctor’s Tournament was founded by three Doctors back in 2012. Dr MG Bhat, Dr Gautam Kodikal and Dr Sanjay Rao […]
KGA Premier League back in full swing
The Karnataka Golf Association’s Premier League, which saw its inaugural season in 2019, is back in action for its second season which started November 21st, 2020. This season is scheduled to be played by 24 teams with six18 members each for an incredible total of 432 participants! The previous season saw 20 teams vying […]
Anura Rohana wins Bengaluru Open, Aman Raj second
Sri Lankan Anura Rohana drove home the advantage in the final round at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course on Sunday to register a comfortable three-shot victory at the PGTI’s Indo-MIM Presents Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2018 Powered By Britannia, GoAir and Principal Partner Karnataka Tourism. The 45-year-old Rohana struck a steady one-under-71 today for […]
Chief Execs’ Day Out
IIM alumni (batch of 1985; pictured below, in order) Bharat Wakhlu, Milind Patwardhan, Kishore Degwekar, Rajiv Maliwal, Manoj Mittal, Narain Mahtani and Ramakrishnan Chandrasekaran got together recently to enjoy a few rounds of golf in scenic courses around Bengaluru—at Clover Greens, KGA and Prestige Golfshire.
Club Round-up: July 2018
[To share news on your club or updates from across the country, please email Amit and Karthik] Manesar Classic Golf & Country Club organised a workshop for managers on June 14 with industry partners and guest speakers in attendance. Accomplished names from the industry including Dhruv Verma (Founder & […]
Club Round-up: February 2018
[To share news on your club or updates from across the country, please email Rohit and Karthik] (Read more in the February issue of Golf Digest India. Download here.)