Diksha Dagar gets late call up to Tokyo
Tokyo Olympics With the Women’s Golf event at the Olympics set to be played starting from Wednesday August 4th, 20-year-old Diksha Dagar got a last minute call to join Aditi Ashok in Tokyo. Diksha was second alternate last week, but after South African Paula Reto tested positive for COVID and Austrian Sarah Schober withdrew, Diksha […]
All three Indians make the cut in Northern Ireland
Pro Golf – European Tour/Ladies European Tour It was a good week on the European Tour as all three Indian boys in the field made the halfway cut at the US$ 1.5mn World Invitational at Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland. Shubhankar Sharma, led the way with a 4-under total of 276 to finish tied-30th . […]
Aditi, Natalie miss cut at women’s major in France
Pro Golf – LPGA Tokyo bound 23-year-old Aditi Ashok and the 2020 US Collegiate player of the Year 22-year-old Natalie Srinivasan, also of Indian origin, both missed cuts at the US$ 4.5mn Evian Championship in France after creditably qualifying for this women’s “major”. Aditi shot rounds of 75-73 (+6) & Natalie 77-78 (+13) to miss […]
Aditi’s 3rd place finish, her best ever
LPGA Tour Aditi Ashok partnered with Thai golfer Pajaree Anannarukarn to shoot 65-63-67-66 (19-under 261) to finish tied-3rd at US$ 2.3mn Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Michigan. The two have known each other since 2014 when they met at a junior golf tournament in Thailand, making them good friends and creating a chemistry that served […]
Aditi’s father named for Tokyo
Pro Golf – Olympics 23-year-old Bengalurean Aditi Ashok has selected her father to accompany her as coach to the Olympic golf competition. Since the Olympics organisers have tightened the security and social norms due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian golfers are now headed to Tokyo without a team coach. Earlier this month, Jeev Milkha Singh […]
Indian pros miss cuts in Europe, USA
Pro Golf After last week’s successes, the past week saw missed cuts on the LPGA, European and PGA Tours. Aditi Ashok shot rounds of 71-72 (1-over 142) to miss the cut by 1 stroke in Ohio while Lahiri shot rounds of 71-71 (even-par 142) and Arjun Atwal shot 71-69 (140) to miss the cut line […]
Watch Megha Ganne’s Interview
Interview Catch up on our live zoom chat held on June 27th with Megha Ganne, the top-amateur at the recently concluded U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympics Club in San Francisco. India Golf Weekly arranged for an exclusive hour long chat with superstar Indian American amateur Megha Ganne live from her home in New Jersey. […]
Aditi regains form in Texas
Pro Golf – LPGA After missing two consecutive cuts in America after a two month break in India, 23-year-old Aditi Ashok regained her rhythm and shot 71-71-69-72 (1-under 283) to finish tied-47th in an LPGA event in Texas. In 2021, Aditi has made 7 cuts in 9 LPGA starts, earning US$ 54,000 (₹40 lakhs) so […]
Aditi and Lahiri confirmed for Tokyo, Mane borderline
Pro Golf – Olympics 23-year-old LPGA regular Aditi Ashok and 33-year-old PGA Tour regular Anirban Lahiri have qualified for the Olympics a second time based on their world rankings and being the top-Indians. Anirban ranked 340 and Aditi ranked 172 on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) and Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings (WWGR) respectively. […]
Tough week for Indian pros across the globe
Pro Golf – Across the Globe The past week wasn’t the best for our golfers across the globe, as six of them missed the cut in their respective tournaments played out in the USA, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic. LPGA – Women’s PGA Championship Aditi Ashok played her 17th major championship on the LPGA, […]