Lahiri picks Chikka to help him in Tokyo
Pro Golf – Olympics 34-year-old Anirban Lahiri is headed for Tokyo to represent India for a consecutive second time at the Olympics. Last week, he addressed the media in a virtual press conference from Illinois, the venue for John Deere Classic. Lahiri talked about topics ranging from his fight with COVID-19, his charity work with […]
IGU nominations for National Sports Awards
Recognition The Indian Golf Union (IGU) has nominated 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Udayan Mane, Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan & LET winner Diksha Dagar for the Arjuna Award. Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian winner on the European Tour when he claimed the US$ 1.1mn Joburg Open in […]
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. […]
Help Indian pros support Golf Club Staff
Golfers for Charity Bangalore based Indian pro Chikkarangappa, Kolkata based Viraj Madappa and Mysore based Pranavi Urs have joined hands with an initiative by ‘Play for India’ to support the livelihoods of daily wage workers at golf courses. Chikkarangappa S. trains at Eagleton in Bangalore, Viraj Madappa at RCGC in Kolkata and Pranavi Urs at […]
Sandhu makes cut in Germany
Pro Golf – European Tour Chandigarh’s Ajeetesh Sandhu, 32, shot 72-70-75 (1-over 217) to finish tied-29th at last week’s 54 hole US$1.4mn Porsche European Open in Hamburg, Germany which finished last Monday, thereby adding US$11,000 (₹8 lakhs) to his kitty. This is Sandhu’s best finish of the current European Tour season, in which he has […]
Pro Chikka helps Eagleton caddies
Club News 27-year-old, 13-time winner on the domestic Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), Chikkanrangappa is still attached to his humble beginnings and came forward to help caddies of the Eagleton Golf Resort, on the outskirts of Bangalore, where he had worked in his younger days. The closure of golf courses has affected caddies who […]
Indian pro’s Covid initiative
Movers & Shakers A former winner of the Panasonic Open on the Asian Tour, Gurgaon based pro Digvijay Singh recently posted a video message urging listeners to support Covid relief efforts of Team Revolution and Team Multipliers, who are trying to source plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the past three months […]
Indian pros test positive for COVID
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. […]
Kapil Dev speaks to BBC on golf in India
NEW DELHI indian cricketing legend Kapil Dev, who was recently inducted as a board member of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) was invited by BBC to discuss the topic – “Can Kapil Dev’s stardust lift Indian golf?” Excerpts from the episode are below – Kapil Dev said that it was a nice gesture on […]
Udayan Mane goes ahead in race to Tokyo Olympics
GURUGRAM 30-year-old Udayan Mane of Pune shot rounds of 71-67-67-69 (14-under 274) to claim the PGTI’s inaugural Delhi-NCR Open at Golden Greens Golf Club in Gurugram to jump ahead in a tight race towards a spot in the Tokyo Olympics. Mane’s win now moves him to World No. 275 from 320th earlier after earning five […]