Harendra takes lead in Haryana Open golfSeptember 24th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh fired a five-under 67 at the Panchkula Golf Club Thursday to take the first round lead at the Aircel-PGTIs Haryana Open 2009. Anirban Lahiri, Ranjit Singh Rathore, A.S.
Himachal's Naldehra golf course to get new lookSeptember 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - The century-old Naldehra golf course in Himachal Pradesh, built by then British viceroy Lord Curzon, will redesigned as per international standards, an official said Monday. "We have plans to redesign the Naldehra golf course.
Bhullar snaps Randhawa's winning run in IndiaSeptember 20th, 2009 GURGAON - Gaganjeet Bhullar extended his winning streak in India to five and at the same time snapped a similar streak going for Jyoti Randhawa as the Kapurthala youngster won the DLF Masters on the Aircel professional golf Tour by five shots at the DLF Golf and Country Club Sunday. Shooting his fourth straight score in the 60s, the 21-year-old Bhullar knocked in five birdies against one bogey for a 68 that gave him a four-day total of 15-under 273.
Bhullar-Randhawa shootout for DLF MastersSeptember 19th, 2009 GURGAON - It may well be one of best match-ups the Aircel professional golf Tour has seen when Gaganjeet Bhullar and Jyoti Randhawa walk out in the final grouping on the last day of the Rs.8 million DLF Masters at the DLF golf and Country Club Sunday. Bhullar, unbeaten in his last four starts on the Indian Tour, is at 11-under 205 after a round of three-under 69, and one shot behind him is Randhawa (67), unbeaten in his last five starts on the Indian Tour.
Randhawa to play in DLF MastersSeptember 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading Indian golfter Jyoti Randhawa returns to his home course to defend his title in the DLF Masters. The Rs.80 lakh prize money event will be his first AIRCEL-PGTI event of the 2009 season.
Jeev 24th at Omega European Masters golfSeptember 5th, 2009 Crans-sur-SIERRE - India's Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa shot one-under 70 each in the third round of the Omega European Masters Saturday, while Shiv Kapur dropped two double bogeys but still managed a two-over 73. Jeev was placed 24th, Jyoti 33rd and Kapur was 47th.
World's longest golf holeSeptember 4th, 2009 What is the largest golf course in the world? This story is floating like a hot cake in the internet lately. So we thought of doing a bit of digging of our own.
World's longest golf courseSeptember 4th, 2009 What is the world's longest golf course in the world? I am into a golf quiz spree today it seems. If you talk of distance only, Nullarbor Links golf course in Australia is only 848 miles long.
Kapur makes the cut at KLM Open golfAugust 22nd, 2009 ZANDVOORT - Despite bogeying the final hole, Shiv Kapur managed to make the cut by the skin of his teeth at the KLM Open. He added a third round of 69.
Jyoti shoots 68 in the third round, Kapur also makes cutAugust 1st, 2009 CELADANA - Four birdies in the last six holes and seven overall in the round saw Jyoti Randhawa make a big jump up to 23rd at the end of the third round in the Moravia Silesia Open at the Prosper Golf Resort here. Randhawa, struggling with his form, shot a four-under 68 Saturday that moved him to three-under 213 with rounds of 72, 73 and 68.
Bhullar becomes youngest Indian to win on Asian TourJuly 26th, 2009 JAKARTA - Gaganjeet Bhullar announced his arrival as the next big golfing star from India when he turned in yet another dominating performance with a flawless five-under 67 to win the Indonesia President Invitational 2009 Sunday, his first professional title on the Asian Tour. He buried the ghosts of 2007 and totalled a brilliant 22-under 266 with rounds of 69, 68, 62 and 67.
Chowrasia lone Indian to make cut, Jeev, Kapur miss outJuly 4th, 2009 PARIS - Finishing blues cost Indian golfers dearly, as Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, was the only one of the four to make the midway cut at Open de Alstom Friday. Even Chowrasia bogeyed three of his last six holes, and dropped from a likely top-15 placing to tied 44th at the Le Golf National here.
Kapur 11th, Chowrasia 16th at Munich in BMW golfJune 27th, 2009 MUNICH - S.S.P. Chowrasia, who has struggled with form and injury since he won his first and only European Tour title last year, came up with a fine second round score of two-under 70 that gave him a total of five-under 139 and a tied 16th place at the halfway mark of the BMW International Open golf in Germany.
Jeev takes 3-shot lead at European OpenMay 31st, 2009 ASH - Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh strung together one of his finest rounds in the face of adverse conditions on a tough course to move into a three-shot lead at the end of the third round of the European Open. The Indian ace, a multiple winner on the European Tour, Saturday shot a one-under 71 that included three birdies in last four holes and four-under over last six, to move to nine-under 208.
Jyoti second, Jeev and Kapur sixth at European OpenMay 29th, 2009 LONDON - It seemed an Indian summer at the European Open with all three Indians in the fray placed inside top-six at the end of the first round at the London Golf Club. While Jyoti Randhawa, fresh from a skydiving holiday in the US, shot a six-under 66 to be tied second, Jeev Milkha Singh shot a 67 and Shiv kapur, who of late has taken to meditation, also brought home a 67.