Karnataka Govt awards Aditi
Recognition Aditi Ashok, whose epic fourth place finish in Tokyo ignited interest for golf in the whole nation is set to receive a paltry Rs 3 lakhs cash award from the Government of Karnataka in a ceremony headed by The Governor, Chief Minister and Sports Minister KC Narayana Gowda to facilitate the three Olympians from […]
Aditi Ashok gets cash awards
Pro Golf – Recognition Aditi Ashok, who’s epic fourth place finish in Tokyo ignited interest in golf is to be felicitated by the Karnataka Govt with a special cash award as announced by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, which has already sent a proposal to the government for approval. This appeared in newspaper […]
Aditi Ashok’s unprecedented impact
Tokyo Olympics Judging from the unprecedented viewer interest in the live telecast of the final round of the Olympic women’s golf competition where Sony brought in a Hindi commentary team, and the fact that Aditi was trending on Twitter in India, this is undoubtedly the highest impact golf performance in the history of the […]
Diksha Dagar holds her head high on Olympic debut
Tokyo Olympics Despite receiving a last minute call to represent the country in Tokyo and arriving, jet lagged from Northern Ireland, just 2 days prior to her opening round, 20 year old Diksha recovered after her opening round of 76 to shoot 72-72-70 on the final three days for a respectable total of 6-over 290 […]
Anirban was solid but couldn’t catch fire
Tokyo Olympics Similar to Aditi, Anirban Lahiri also had to recover from COVID contracted in May while on the PGA Tour. He too lost distance off the tee, losing body mass and taking time to recuperate from the virus but managed to shoot 67-72-68-72 (5-under 279) to finish tied-42nd, in a very low scoring tournament […]
Udayan Mane’s late call up
Tokyo Olympics A lot like Diksha Dagar, Udayan Mane too got to Tokyo after a last minute withdrawal by Argentinian Emiliano Grillo. Mane started the first round well but then struggled to the finish, dropping 5 strokes on his back 9 to open with a 76. After that, respectable rounds of 69-70-72 allowed him to […]
Amazing stories behind golf’s Olympic medals
Tokyo Olympics The Men’s Olympic golf event came to a thrilling finish in Tokyo on Sunday as American star Xander Schauffele held his nerve to win by one stroke with a solid 18 under par performance. However the silver medalist, Rory Sabbatini, playing for Slovakia provided some fireworks with an amazing 10 under par 61 […]
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 […]
Golf at 2021 Tokyo Olympics
In photo – Team India – Chikkarangappa S. (Anirban’s Caddie), Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane & Rupesh Pardeshi (Mane’s caddie) / Photo: IGU/Chikkarangappa S. Olympics A total of 120 golfers; 60 men and 60 women from over 35 countries will be representing their flags at the Olympic golf competition over the next two weeks in Japan. […]
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 […]