Top players in fray at All-India Amateur golf

May 14th, 2009 Asian Tour cancels Bangkok tourney with no sponsorSINGAPORE — Asia's top golf tour has canceled its season-ending tournament in Thailand after Volvo pulled its sponsorship. The Swedish carmaker declined to extend its sponsorship of the Volvo Masters of Asia for 2009, Volvo Event Management chief executive Per Ericsson said.

May 1st, 2009 British amateur golfer Ben Enoch dies in car crashLONDON — Walker Cup squad member Ben Enoch has been killed in a car crash, the chief executive of the Golf Union of Wales said. The amateur golfer was 19.

April 27th, 2009 SHILLONG - The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Shillong hosted a golf tournament recently in an effort to bring a closer corporate house and business schools of the country. At least 20 corporate houses and 120 students across the country took part in the golf tournament held at the Shillong Golf Club.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson plans to rotate his players like he did during the 1999 treble-winning spree as he bids to lead his club to the Quadruple.nited's boss rang the changes for Wednesday's victory over Portsmouth, just days after the club's FA Cup KO. And he plans to continue to rotate his players, as they look to add the title and Champions League to the Carling Cup and Club World Cup.

April 14th, 2009 SINGAPORE - India's ace gofer Jeev Milkha Singh was Tuesday honoured with the honorary membership of the Asian Tour for his outstanding contribution to the game of golf in Asia and across the world. Jeev joins the exclusive club of Asian Tour honorary members which include Vijay Singh of Fiji and Korea's K.J.

March 21st, 2009 JAIPUR - Braving fierce winds and tough competition from his playing partner, Rashid Khan came through to bag the LG Rambagh Golf Club Open Amateur Championship by four strokes. He shot a round of two-under 68 to aggregate three-under 277 over the four rounds.

March 16th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Gaganjeet Bhullar's long wait for his first professional win finally came to an end when he posted a superb seven under 65 on the final day to win the Players Championship golf title at the Panchkula Golf Club here Sunday. The 20-year-old from Kapurthala won by a mammoth margin of seven strokes as he totalled 19 under 269 for the tournament.

February 24th, 2009 GURGAON - Defending champion Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum will be among the leading women golfers from Asia and Europe to tee off in the DLF Women's Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Wednesday. The Indian challenge in the third edition of the event will be led by Smriti Mehra, Tanya Wadhwa and Nalini Singh.

February 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Abhishek Jha stayed on course to clinch his third straight win of the season and complete a miraculous turnaround at the LG All-India Amateur Golf Championship that is being played at the par-72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club here Saturday. Starting with a dismal 83 in the first stroke-play round and after almost getting knocked out in the first match-play round, Jha has marched ahead and would be looking to go one better this time around after falling at the final hurdle in the last edition of the tournament.

February 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - Moin Malak raced ahead with a three shot lead at the LG All-India Amateur Golf Championship here. Moin struck two eagles for a round of five-under 67 to lead over Karan Vasudeva at the par-72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club.

February 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Golfer Gagan Verma was given the top amateur award by Jeev Milkha Singh at the Rolex awards ceremony. Jeev, India's top professional and world No.

January 30th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's latest golfing sensation, amateur Mohamed Jamal Hossain Mollah, produced a tenacious even par 72 at the Kurmitola Golf Club to win the City Bank Dhaka Bank Bangladesh Open golf here Saturday. Mollah (68, 67, 68, 72) rounded off an excellent week as he took home the trophy after finishing five strokes ahead of nearest challengers, Indian professionals Harendra Gupta, Shamim Khan and Sanjay Kumar.

January 23rd, 2009 NOIDA - Laverry Kumar shot an impressive one under round Saturday with a total score of 300 over four days to win the 10th Noida Ladies Amateur Golf Championship being played at the par-72 Noida Golf Course here. Overnight joint leaders Vani Kapoor and Meher Atwal finished second and fourth with rounds of 79 and 83.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's golfer Rashid Khan, who has enjoyed a whirlwind year since winning the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, that earned him a trip to Brazil with Nick Faldo as well as an appearance on the Asian Tour, is all set to defend his title at Mission Hills Golf Club in China from March 25-27. The 17-year-old Khan claimed the Faldo Series Asia trophy in sensational style at Mission Hills in December 2007, shooting a final-day 66 that included a back-nine of 31 in front of legendary golfer Faldo himself.

January 9th, 2009 GURGAON - Former India Test star Ajay Jadeja is a step closer to realising his dream of playing professional golf on the 2009 Aircel-PGTI tour by earning a berth in the final stage of the tour qualifier. Jadeja, who had rounds of 79 and 74, was tied 16th at nine-over 153.