Kalhaar proves stern test for Senior Nationals
Former Asian Games gold medalist Rishi Narain won the Indian Golf Union’s 50th annual All-India Seniors Golf Championship, played at the challenging Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad. The three-day stroke-play event was held over the Jack Nicklaus signature design course with tough pin positions and swirling winds on the final day. Narain shot a […]
Tribute to Asian veteran player
It’s a sad day for Asian golf that one of Asia’s top players from 1980 to 2004, Kyi Hla (pronounced Chee-La) Han of Myanmar succumbed to complications from cancer treatment last Saturday afternoon in Singapore, where he had lived since around the year 2000. He was 61 years old – a dear friend who I […]
Editor’s Note: Dec. 20, 2021
For many reasons, 2021 will be a year none of us will ever forget. Without dwelling on the global pandemic, let’s look at a snapshot of 5 major golf related happenings on a global level this year which will have a long lasting effect on the future of the game for some time to come: […]
Editorial: Nov. 16, 2021
This issue of India Golf Weekly is our 52nd weekly edition, marking the completion of one year bringing the best of Indian golf news to our readers. While earlier the same team used to produce the printed copies of Golf Digest India for the previous four years, the pandemic halted this and when we realised […]
Editor’s Note: Nov. 8, 2021
With the winter weather descending across North India, golf has picked up further momentum. The men’s and women’s pro tours are in action as are the long awaited IGU boys and girls tours. The Asia Pacific Men’s and Women’s champions being held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in consecutive weeks gives Indian youngsters their first […]
Editor’s Note: Oct. 4, 2021
Golf has always been heralded as unique among sports and one distinctive aspect of the game is that it calls players to be their own referees. So whenever we come across incidents anywhere in the world when competitors help each other with the rules or call penalties on themselves, when no one else is looking, […]
Editor’s Note: Sep. 27, 2021
Golf teaches you about a person’s character like no other game and asks players very often to be their own referees. So when a 17 year old girl calls a penalty on herself in a national tournament with valuable world ranking points at stake, it exemplifies everything good the game of golf stands for. Read […]
Editor’s Note: Sep. 06, 2021
Here at India Golf Weekly, readers will be aware that we attempt to give you a quick digest of news connected to and important for you – Indian golfers. Usually you can read all our articles in about 15 minutes total. Also instead of reproducing news that makes the headlines on the internet or social […]
More Aditis & Shubhankars needed
Editor’s Note While our readers are keen to follow the progress of India’s star international pro players like Aditi Ashok, Shubhankar Sharma, Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar and others, the need of the hour is better systems to produce many more just like them. Take the example of Thailand, who’s players were on par with India […]
Editor’s Note: August 23, 2021
“Tee Times for Kids “ While Aditi Ashok’s heroic 4th place finish at the Tokyo Olympics has helped millions of non-golfers in India become more aware of the game, is it making existing golf club members more aware of the huge gap between facilities available to their juniors and competitors in more developed golfing nations […]