Udayan Mane wins PGTI Tour Championship and tops Order of Merit
On an exciting final day at the ₹1.5 crore Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur, Udayan Mane outlasted two-time European Tour winner Shubhankar Sharma and a charging Rashid Khan down the stretch to claim the title by one shot. Mane began the final round tied Sharma at 15-under, with Khan seven shots back at 8-under. […]
Indian Pros head to Phuket as Asian Tour resumes
The Asian Tour is all set to resume this week after a break of 18 months with the US$ 1mn Blue Canyon Championship on November 25-28 at the Blue Canyon CC in Phuket, Thailand. Indian stars entered to participate include Shiv Kapur, Aman Raj, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rashid Khan, Chikkarangappa S., SSP Chawrasia, Jeev Milkha Singh, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
PGTI announces first two 2021 events
The PGTI Tour announced its 2021 calendar would start with two events in Gujarat as it continues with its combined 2020 – 21 season. The announced events are – Gujarat Open Feb. 16-19, at the 18 hole Jack Nicklaus design, Kalhaar Blues & Greens while the Glade One Masters from Feb. 23-26, will be held […]
Chikkarangappa now ranks 357 on the OWGR
Last week, Bengalurean, Chikkarangappa S. tasted his maiden 2019 season win at the Golconda Masters in Hyderabad, the win has catapulted him to World No. 357 from his previous 461 (104 spots), courtesy his 5-ranking points there. RELATED: Sharma, the star at The Players Championship The joint runners-up Aman Raj and M Dharma took 2.50 […]
Thomas shines at World Amateur Team Championship
The biennial World Amateur Team Championship at Carton House, Ireland was a learning experience for the young Indian contingent. The boys’ team comprising Aadil Bedi (aged 17), Kshitij Naveed Kaul (17) and Rayhan Thomas (18) finished T-31. Thomas, who is the highest ranked Indian on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), recorded the best-ever score […]