Seven Indians to play US$5 million Saudi International
Viraj Madappa, the 23-year-old from Bangalore, claimed a starting spot in the lucrative US$ 5mn Saudi International by winning the 36-hole qualifier by 4 shots, shooting 66-68 at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. The starting field in Saudi now includes 7 Indians – Shubhankar Sharma, Khalin Joshi, Chikkarangappa, Viraj, Rashid Khan, Veer Ahlawat and Shiv […]
Khalin Joshi leads all Indian pros with top-10 finish on Asian Tour
Khalin Joshi, the 29-year-old Bengaluru golfer, shot 67-74-75-76 (4-over 292) to finish tied-8th at the US$ 1mn The Singapore International at Tanah Merah Country Club’s Tampines Course. Joshi earned US$ 19,600 (₹14.5 lacs) for his efforts. Joshi led the event on day one after shooting a superb 5-under 67 on Thursday and was still in […]
Delhi GC announces new Asian Tour event
The Delhi GC announced the new US$500,000 Delhi GC Open as part of the Asian Tour which will hopefully return to India after a two-year break from March 24-27. The tournament will be played on the newly renovated Lodhi Course and aims to be one of the standout tournaments in the early part of […]
Indian Pros head to Phuket as Asian Tour resumes
The Asian Tour is all set to resume this week after a break of 18 months with the US$ 1mn Blue Canyon Championship on November 25-28 at the Blue Canyon CC in Phuket, Thailand. Indian stars entered to participate include Shiv Kapur, Aman Raj, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rashid Khan, Chikkarangappa S., SSP Chawrasia, Jeev Milkha Singh, […]
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 […]
Joshi triumphs in PGTI Jaipur birdie fest
29-year-old Khalin Joshi of Bangalore ended at 22 under , shooting 61-66-64-67 in a birdie fest at the Rambagh Club’s Jaipur Open on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), winning by only one stroke over Dharma who was at 21 under. Chandigarh boy Yuvraj Sandhu shot 10-under 60 on the final day, underlining the […]
Shubhankar and Lahiri to lead Indian contingent at the Hero Indian Open 2019
Well, the Hero Indian Open is back this month and a lot of top International golfers are to make their presence felt. This is al the first time the event will be held since the passing away of its its inaugural winner, the legendary Peter Thomson, who also instrumental in making the Indian Open popular. […]
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 […]
Koepka rises to World No.1
28-year-old Brooks Koepka is having a year to remember. Following a successful defense of his U.S. Open title, the Florida native clinched the PGA Championship—his third Major win—in August. 70 days on, he triumphed at THE CJ CUP (October 18-21) by four strokes. Now in its second edition, the US$9.5 million PGA TOUR event was […]
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 […]