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Golf: Vedika Vedika leaps into T-4 at US Kids World Champs, four Indians finish in Top-6 Vedika Bhansali, the emerging star from Bengaluru, turned in a superb final round of 3-under 33 to leap into Top-4 of the Girls 7 years category of the US Kids Golf World Championships, here. As many as four Indians finished in Top-six of the final placings in their respective categories. Vedika Bhansali, coached by former India pro, Rahul Ganapathy, was fourth as were Nihal Cheema (Boys 6) and Ojaswini Saraswat (Girls 10). Adding to the fine showing were Kabir Goyal (T-6 in Boys 8) and...
Golf: Vedika Vedika leaps into T-4 at US Kids World Champs, four Indians finish in Top-6
Golf: Vedika Vedika leaps into T-4 at US Kids World Champs, four Indians finish in Top-6
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6/08/2023 5:00:41 PM
Golfer Neha Tripathi ends long title drought at 10th leg of WPGT Neha Tripathi ended a long wait lasting almost 55 months with a win in the 10th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour. Neha, who last  won the first leg in the 2019 season, carded 2-under 70 to finish 1-under for the three rounds. She finished ahead of the amateur duo, Saanvi Somu (69) and Vidhatri Urs (72) whose totalled even par 216. Neha was the lone flag bearer for professionals among the top four, as Mannat Brar (70) took the fourth spot. Neha, starting the final day ...
Golfer Neha Tripathi ends long title drought at 10th leg of WPGT
Golfer Neha Tripathi ends long title drought at 10th leg of WPGT
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8/07/2023 12:44:45 PM
Im- Mitchell settle for 6th place at Zurich Classic of New Orleans Korean star Sungjae Im grabbed his sixth Top-10 finish of the ongoing season even as his dream of a fairy-tale finish with American partner Keith Mitchell failed to materialise. Im and Mitchell settled for solo sixth place at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, five shots behind winners Nick Hardy and Davis Riley. The final day belonged to Hardy and Riley as they celebrated their maiden PGA TOUR victory together after combining brilliantly for a flawless 65 which included five birdies on th...
Im- Mitchell settle for 6th place at Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Im- Mitchell settle for 6th place at Zurich Classic of New Orleans
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24/04/2023 4:40:08 PM
Indian-American Theegala moves up 30 places to tied 20th; Kitayama leads as Rahm falls Indian-American golfer Sahith Theegala moved up 30 places at the midway stage of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Theegala, who reached right up to the Tour Championship, but is still looking for his first individual win on the PGA Tour, shot 72 in the first round added 70 in the second to be 2-under and tied 20th. Theegala was tied 20th alongside the likes of Rory McIlroy (73-69), Tom Kim (72-70), Shane Lowry (72-70) and Tony Finau (70-72). Kurt Kitayama (67-68) chasing his first PGA...
Indian-American Theegala moves up 30 places to tied 20th; Kitayama leads as Rahm falls
Indian-American Theegala moves up 30 places to tied 20th; Kitayama leads as Rahm falls
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4/03/2023 2:17:49 PM
Golf: Aditi Ashok takes commanding lead in Race to Costa del Sol standings Tokyo Olympian Aditi Ashok has taken a commanding early lead in the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol standings with 1210 points after the first month of action. Race to Costa del Sol is a season-long competition to crown the Ladies European Tour (LET) number one player at the end of the season. The 24-year-old Indian made a magnificent start to the 2023 LET season after winning the Magical Kenya Ladies Open on an invite to secure her full LET card and collect 500.00 points. She then followed ...
Golf: Aditi Ashok takes commanding lead in Race to Costa del Sol standings
Golf: Aditi Ashok takes commanding lead in Race to Costa del Sol standings
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24/02/2023 5:33:15 PM
Golfer Pranavi opens with 67 for one shot lead in 9th leg of WPGT  Pranavi Urs started on a fine note with a 2-under 67 first round card in the ninth leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Bangalore Golf Club. The 19-year-old Pranavi, a three-time winner this season, led by two over Seher Atwal, who showed a welcome return to form with 1-under 68 at the Par-69 course. Gauri Karhade, a one-time winner on the Hero WPG Tour, who needs to bring in more consistency in her game, was lying third with 2-over 71, while Sneha Singh, a four-time w...
Golfer Pranavi opens with 67 for one shot lead in 9th leg of WPGT
Golfer Pranavi opens with 67 for one shot lead in 9th leg of WPGT
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14/07/2022 1:59:06 PM
Thongchai Jaidee becomes first Thai golfer to win on PGA Tour Champions Thongchai Jaidee wrote a slice of golf history by becoming the first Thai golfer to win on PGA Tour Champions following a one-stroke victory over Tom Pernice Jr of the US at the American Family Insurance Championship. Tied for the overnight lead, the 52-year-old Thongchai signed off with a 4-under 68 for a winning total of 14-under 202 at University Ridge -- The University of Wisconsin Golf Course to earn his maiden victory on US soil in what was his 19th career start on PGA TOUR Champions...
Thongchai Jaidee becomes first Thai golfer to win on PGA Tour Champions
Thongchai Jaidee becomes first Thai golfer to win on PGA Tour Champions
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13/06/2022 4:17:48 PM
Golf: McIlroy major-ready with Canadian Open win A clutch birdie three on the penultimate hole proved the difference for Rory McIlroy on Sunday as the Northern Irishman successfully defended his RBC Canadian Open title with a two-stroke win at St. George's Golf and Country Club. The world No. 8 demonstrated why he is one of the favorites going into next week's U.S. Open at Brookline when he closed with an eight-under 62 to finish on -19 under 261. The victory was worth 1.566 million U.S. dollars. Tony Finau, the overnight co-l...
Golf: McIlroy major-ready with Canadian Open win
Golf: McIlroy major-ready with Canadian Open win
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13/06/2022 4:12:19 PM
Breakaway golf circuit looms large over RBC Canadian Open as players change sides PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas has said that he was "disappointed" in Dustin Johnson and others who had jumped to the new Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series "but that was their decision." Speaking ahead of the start of Thursday's RBC Canadian Open, Thomas, the World No. 6, weighed into the controversy surrounding the advent of the breakaway golf series that starts this week at the Centurion Club in England. "People are entitled to choose as the...
Breakaway golf circuit looms large over RBC Canadian Open as players change sides
Breakaway golf circuit looms large over RBC Canadian Open as players change sides
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9/06/2022 4:02:41 PM
Sedate start by Avani and Sneha, tied 19th; Team India 9th at Queen Sirikit Cup golf The Indian trio led by the prodigious Avani Prashanth had a modest start at the Queen Sirikit Cup on Tuesday. Avani, the highest ranked amateur woman in India, at 116th in the world, and Sneha Singh, ranked 140th, shot 3-over 75 each while the third player, Jaaniya Dassani carded 8-over 80 at the Laguna National Resort, Masters Course, Singapore. They were both T-19th and nine shots behind the leader, Lee Jihyun, who carded 6-under 66. While Avani had two birdies against five bogeys, Sn...
Sedate start by Avani and Sneha, tied 19th; Team India 9th at Queen Sirikit Cup golf
Sedate start by Avani and Sneha, tied 19th; Team India 9th at Queen Sirikit Cup golf
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25/05/2022 3:39:33 PM
Lahiri cards poor opening round at PGA Championship; placed joint 78th India's Anirban Lahiri, who welcomed the arrival of his second child and had a nine-hole practice round with Tiger Woods on Wednesday, settled for a 73 to leave himself with some work to make the halfway cut at the PGA Championship here, his first major start in nearly three years. The 34-year-old Lahiri opened his day with a bogey and birdie on the 10th and 11th hole and dropped a bogey on the fourth from the greenside bunker before taking a costly double bogey on the par-5, fifth hol...
Lahiri cards poor opening round at PGA Championship; placed joint 78th
Lahiri cards poor opening round at PGA Championship; placed joint 78th
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20/05/2022 4:23:33 PM
Tiger Woods intends to compete in Masters 2022 US golfer Tiger Woods has said that he intends to play in the 2022 Masters tournament. "As of right now, I feel like I am going to play," the 46-year-old noted at a press conference at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, US on Wednesday (IST). Woods, a five-time Masters champion and 15-time major winner, arrived in Augusta on Sunday for preparation and practice, tweeting that it's a "game-time decision" on whether he would compete, Xinhua reports. "...
Tiger Woods intends to compete in Masters 2022
Tiger Woods intends to compete in Masters 2022
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6/04/2022 12:17:17 PM
India's Lahiri chases elusive success at The Players Championships Over the years, the Players Championship on the PGA Tour has turned out to be a very difficult outing for India's Anirban Lahiri. In five outings in which he played in the last seven years, Lahiri has missed the cut four times in the event with a total prize fund of nearly USD50 million which is considered as the fifth major by most professional golfers. In 2019, he finished tied-74th while the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now with the 2022 edition se...
India's Lahiri chases elusive success at The Players Championships
India's Lahiri chases elusive success at The Players Championships
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9/03/2022 1:04:31 PM
Glade One Masters 2022: Manu Gandas rises to the top in round three  Manu Gandas (36-34-68) of Gurugram, the runner-up at the Glade One Masters last year, will once again have a shot at the title come Friday as his third round of four-under 68 propelled him four places into a two-shot lead at a total of six-under 138. Delhi's Shamim Khan (35-37-68), a 15-time winner on the PGTI, also struck a 68 on day three to gain 16 spots and be placed second at four-under 140. Aalaap I L (35-40-67) of Mysuru set the course record with his round of five-under 6...
Glade One Masters 2022: Manu Gandas rises to the top in round three
Glade One Masters 2022: Manu Gandas rises to the top in round three
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4/03/2022 11:41:53 AM
WPGT Golf: Amateur Sneha shares lead with Hitaashee Amateur Sneha Singh put herself in line for back-to-back wins as she fired another round of 2-under 68 on the second day of the third leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, here on Thursday. Sneha is now 4-under 136 and shares the lead with Hitaashee (67-69), who is seeking her first win of the season and also the first since December 2020. Starting the day two behind the leader Amandeep Drall, and one behind the second placed duo of Hitaashee Baks...
WPGT Golf: Amateur Sneha shares lead with Hitaashee
WPGT Golf: Amateur Sneha shares lead with Hitaashee
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25/02/2022 12:23:13 PM
Golfers Tvesa, Amandeep, Avani to join the action in 3rd leg of WPGT Tvesa Malik and Amandeep Drall start their 2022 season with the third leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour, as they tee up at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club. The two are expected to spend a lot of their time on the Ladies' European Tour. While Tvesa is getting the first taste of action in this calendar year, Amandeep has already played at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open. Tvesa was 19th and the top Indian on the LET Order of Merit, while Amandeep was 13th on the LET Access Series...
Golfers Tvesa, Amandeep, Avani to join the action in 3rd leg of WPGT
Golfers Tvesa, Amandeep, Avani to join the action in 3rd leg of WPGT
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23/02/2022 11:46:51 AM
PGTI Golf: Udayan Mane leads the Indian field The top Indian professionals led by Olympian and 2021 PGTI Order of Merit champion Udayan Mane, Karandeep Kochhar, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, Manu Gandas, Om Prakash Chouhan, Kshitij Naveed Kaul and Abhijit Singh Chadha will tee off on February 22 in the second edition of the Gujarat Open Golf Championship at the Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club here. The tournament carrying a prize purse of Rs. 40 lakh is scheduled to be played from February 22 to 25. The foreign challenge will be led by Sr...
PGTI Golf: Udayan Mane leads the Indian field
PGTI Golf: Udayan Mane leads the Indian field
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22/02/2022 11:31:48 AM
Golfer Seher leads by two as Shweta looks for maiden win in 15th leg of WPGT Seher Atwal managed to stay ahead of the field despite a closing bogey in the second round of the 15th and final leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Thursday. Seher, who had a one-shot lead after the first round, extended it to two shots with a card of 75, the same as the first day. Seher was two clear of Shweta Mansingh, who is looking for her maiden win on the WPGT. Shweta, who was way behind with 80 on the first day, shot an even par round of 72,...
Golfer Seher leads by two as Shweta looks for maiden win in 15th leg of WPGT
Golfer Seher leads by two as Shweta looks for maiden win in 15th leg of WPGT
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17/12/2021 10:09:59 AM
Vani lands five birdies on back nine to take 3-shot lead in 13th Leg of WPGT Golfer Vani Kapoor was in electric form on the back nine with five birdies over the last seven holes as she blazed to 5-under 67 and took a three-shot lead at the end of the first round of the 13th Leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Boulder Hills Golf & Country Club, here. Vani, who has been searching for a win for quite some time, was even par for the front nine with one bogey on sixth which was compensated for by a birdie on ninth. Seher Atwal also had a good back ni...
Vani lands five birdies on back nine to take 3-shot lead in 13th Leg of WPGT
Vani lands five birdies on back nine to take 3-shot lead in 13th Leg of WPGT
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25/11/2021 11:56:14 AM
Amateur Avani wins second title of Hero WPGT season Amateur Avani Prashanth won her second title of the season as she held off the seasoned Amandeep Drall by a shot to win the 11th leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Panchkula Golf Club, here on Friday. Avani and Amandeep played even-par rounds, which helped the former stay ahead to emerge victorious. Avani totalled 2-under 214, while Amandeep aggregated 1-under 215. Three players, Pranavi Urs (76), Jahanvi Bakshi (73), and Vani Kapoor (73) were tied for third place at 4-ove...
Amateur Avani wins second title of Hero WPGT season
Amateur Avani wins second title of Hero WPGT season
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23/10/2021 10:55:10 AM
Golf: Gaurika leads field as WPGT resumes with seventh leg at DLF Indian golfer Gaurika Bishnoi, who will soon travel to Europe to play events on the Ladies European Tour, will look to gain tournament practice as she tees up at the seventh leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2021 here. Gaurika leads the field as the WPGT resumes with the seventh leg on Wednesday at the DLF Golf & Country Club. The Gurugram-based Gaurika, who turned 23 earlier in August, was not at her best when the first segment of the Tour was held in the period January to ...
Golf: Gaurika leads field as WPGT resumes with seventh leg at DLF
Golf: Gaurika leads field as WPGT resumes with seventh leg at DLF
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1/09/2021 10:26:07 AM
Covid watch: Golfers Rahm, DeChambeau withdraw after testing positive  Top golfers Jon Rahm, the 2021 US Open champion, and Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion, have tested positive for Covid-19 and have withdrawn from the ongoing Olympic Games. The pullout of Spain's Rahm, who is the world No. 1 golfer, and USA's DeChambeau, the world No. 6, will deplete the field. "I've been fortunate to represent my country and win a championship for Spain around the world as an amateur. Playing in Tokyo would have given me a chance to wi...
Covid watch: Golfers Rahm, DeChambeau withdraw after testing positive
Covid watch: Golfers Rahm, DeChambeau withdraw after testing positive
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26/07/2021 11:10:58 AM
Golfer Anirban Lahiri earns ticket to second successive Olympics Leading Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri booked his berth to the Tokyo Olympic Games as he was placed 60th in the final Olympic golf rankings list published on Tuesday. Lahiri, a former Asia No. 1 and two-time winner on the European Tour, will thus be playing his second successive Olympic Games. A PGA Tour regular, he had turned out for India along with SSP Chawrasia at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The men's golf event in Tokyo will feature 60 players and will be played at the Kasumigaseki Co...
Golfer Anirban Lahiri earns ticket to second successive Olympics
Golfer Anirban Lahiri earns ticket to second successive Olympics
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23/06/2021 2:45:34 PM
Anirban Lahiri finishes tied 25th in Palmetto Championship golf India's Anirban Lahiri carded an impressive 4-under 67 in the final round to leap 20 places and end at tied 25th in the Palmetto Championship. South African 22-year-old Garrick Higgo returned 3-under 68 to win the title with 11-under 273. Lahiri's last-day score took his four-day score to 5-under 279. The 33-year-old from Pune fired six birdies -- on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 12th holes --, as against just two bogeys -- on the eighth and 14th holes -- to cap a good day. Wo...
Anirban Lahiri finishes tied 25th in Palmetto Championship golf
Anirban Lahiri finishes tied 25th in Palmetto Championship golf
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14/06/2021 2:13:25 PM
Lahiri tied 31 after first round of Palmetto Championship golf India's Anirban Lahiri, Satoshi Kodaira of Japan and Chinese Taipei's C.T. Pan carded matching scores of two-under 69 to be among those in a share of 31st position after the first round of Palmetto Championship on Thursday.   But it was Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who shot his lowest score in nearly two years with a 4-under 67, to be the top Asian player as he moved into a share of seventh place after first day.   World No. 1 Dustin Johnson established h...
Lahiri tied 31 after first round of Palmetto Championship golf
Lahiri tied 31 after first round of Palmetto Championship golf
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11/06/2021 4:49:03 PM
Lahiri moves into tied 8th place at Texas Open India's Anirban Lahiri battled to a 3-under 69 to move up to tied eighth place after the second round of the Texas Open on Friday. He is five shots behind leader Cameron Tringale. After turning in 35 with a birdie on two, the former Asian No. 1 endured a rollercoaster back nine with three birdies, three bogeys and one eagle at TPC San Antonio for a two-day total of 4-under 140. Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama came home in 74 to slip to T14 while Korea's Sung Kang will enter the w...
Lahiri moves into tied 8th place at Texas Open
Lahiri moves into tied 8th place at Texas Open
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3/04/2021 12:17:24 PM
Women's Pro Golf Tour: Seher shoots into early lead in 3rd leg Seher Atwal, looking for her maiden professional title, shot a flawless five-under 65 in the opening round of the third leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour (WPGT) at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Wednesday. Seher, 22, who spent four years playing golf on the college team at Rollins in the USA, led by one stroke over Amandeep Drall, who also played a bogey-free round of 66 at the par-70 layout. Amandeep was the last player to bring a five-under card and that came in March, 2020 in ...
Women's Pro Golf Tour: Seher shoots into early lead in 3rd leg
Women's Pro Golf Tour: Seher shoots into early lead in 3rd leg
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11/02/2021 11:24:49 AM