Akshay Sharma wins his second title with the PGTI’s return
Part of Weekly Digest – Issue II 30-year-old, Akshay Sharma of Chandigarh registered a resounding five-shot victory after a sensational five-under 67 in the final round of the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2020 Presented by Panchkula Golf Club outside Chandigarh. The caddie turned pro-golfer, Sharma captured his second title in style by taking his […]
PGTI to return after seven months of forced break due to COVID-19
The Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) is all set to resume events from November 4, 2020, after a forced break of over seven months due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown. To conclude the year, PGTI has included five events, three of which scheduled in Chandigarh and the latter two […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kaul’s call to pro golf and more from Day 2 at Panasonic Open India
Three Indian boys turned pro at the eighth Panasonic Open India and the one who is left in the field for the weekend is 17-year-old Delhi boy, Kshitij Naveed Kaul. Playing at his home course – Delhi Golf Club – Kshitij posted 72 on Thursday and fired a magnificent 66 today to join 2016 winner […]
Suradit leads, Indian duo of Ajeetesh and Tapy follow – Panasonic Open India
Suradit Yongcharoenchai of Thailand posted eight birdies in his round to take a shot lead over the trio of Ajeetesh Sandhu, Tapy Ghai and Siddikur Rehman at 6-under 66 in the opening round of Panasonic Open India. His best result of the 2018 season of T-2 came at the TAKE Solutions Masters in Bengaluru, it […]
Sachin Baisoya leads day one of Kensville Open 2018
Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya, fresh from his season’s best finish in Noida last month, set the bar in round one of the Kensville Open 2018 presented by PGTI as he carded an error-free five-under 67 to enjoy a one-shot lead at the Kensville Golf & Country Club. Teenager Arjun Prasad, another Delhi-based golfer, occupied second place […]
Shubhankar, Anirban to represent India at World Cup of Golf
The 59th edition of the US$7 million World Cup of Golf (November 22-25) will feature 28 nations. Each country will be represented by two golfers. Shubhankar Sharma, the highest ranked Indian (108 on OWGR as of September 24), has automatically qualified and partnering him will be Anirban Lahiri (ranked 112). The four-day event will take […]
Arjuna Award for Shubhankar Sharma
Shubhankar Sharma, India’s highest-ranked golfer and a winner of two European Tour titles, has been conferred the prestigious Arjuna Award. 22-year-old Sharma, who heads the Asian Tour’s Habitat for Humanity standings, now becomes the 20th Indian golfer and the 11th Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) member to be recognized with the honour. He is also […]
Angad Cheema takes the top spot on Day 3 of QA InfoTech Open
Panchkula’s Angad Cheema hogged the limelight in round three of the QA InfoTech Open 2018 as he shot a three-under 69 that gave him a two-shot lead at six-under 210 at the Noida Golf Course. Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma was placed second at four-under 212 after he too carded a 69 on day three of […]