Indian Open golf moves to Bangalore
August 21st, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS) The Hero Indian Open will be held at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course in Bangalore for the first time in the tournament's 48-year history.
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Golf fast catching up with cricket in popularity (With image)
June 17th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) For long, golf has been viewed as a rich man's sport in India while the all-consuming passion for cricket has somewhat stunted the growth ... Read more...
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Manu Gandas Wins Toyota IGU Haryana Junior
April 20th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 20 (IANS) Manu Gandas of DLF Golf and Country Club won the Toyota Indian Golf Union (IGU) Haryana Junior Golf Championship at the par 72 championship course of ... Read more...
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Aditi grabs Usha Delhi Ladies golf title
April 19th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 19 (IANS) Aditi Ashok completed a fine start-to-finish win in the Usha Delhi Ladies and junior girls golf Championships at the par-72 Noida Golf Club Thursday for a ... Read more...
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Aditi in lead in Usha Delhi Ladies golf
April 17th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 17 (IANS) Teenaged Aditi Ashok played a steady round to card an even par 72 on the opening day of the Delhi Ladies and junior girls golf Championships ... Read more...
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Abhishek Kuhar, Manu share lead in USHA-IGU juniors events
April 10th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Abhishek Kuhar stole a march over higher-ranked golfers with a fine opening round of 74 Tuesday as he shared the lead with Manu Gandas at ... Read more...
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Khalin beats Chikka to win Samarvir Sahi golf
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) Khalin Joshi carded one-under 71 to beat the more experienced S.Chikkrangappa in the Samarvir Sahi Amateur Golf Championships on the Indian Golf Union circuit on Friday.
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Chikka stays in lead at Samarvir Sahi golf
February 29th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) S. Chikkarangappa maintained his lead at the end of the second round of the Amateur Championships on the Indian Golf Union circuit despite a second day's ... Read more...
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Chikka leads Jasjit by three shots in Samarvir Sahi golf
February 28th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) S. Chikkrangappa returned to the venue where he lost his All India Amateur title and opened with a round of three-under 68 on the first day ... Read more...
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All India Amateurs Golf: Chikka knocked out, Verma enters semis
January 20th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) There were upsets galore Friday as many of the leading contenders fell by the wayside on a long day when the prequarter and quarterfinal matches were ... Read more...
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Baisoya, Bhandari top strokeplay in All India Amateur golf
January 18th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) Honey Baisoya, who has been in fine form this year and local Chandigarh lad Raghav Bhandari, topped in the strokeplay section of the All India Amateur ... Read more...
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IGU’S Dilip Thomas to represent Olympic Golf
October 24th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Indian Golf Union (IGU) council member Dilip Thomas will sit on the International Golf Federation's board of directors, which is charged with overseeing golf's reintroduction ... Read more...
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Gurbani grabs Golf title in Sri Lanka, Chikka runner-up
October 22nd, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kandy (Sri Lanka), Oct 22 (IANS) Gurbani Singh asserted herself as one of the leading amateurs in the region by winning the 124th Sri Lankan Amateur Golf championships here Saturday.The ... Read more...
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India’s junior golfers eyeing for berths in Faldo Series Asia
September 26th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) Syed Saqib of Bangalore and Ankur Chadha from the DLF, Gurgaon, will be among the front-runners at the Toyota - Indian Golf Union's (IGU) Faldo Series ... Read more...
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First golf course rating seminar held in India
August 27th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 27 (IANS) The United States Golf Association (USGA), in collaboration with the Indian Golf Union (IGU), conducted a path-breaking course and slope rating seminar at the Bangalore Golf ... Read more...
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India win team medal at Nomura Cup after 18 years
August 19th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Denarau Island (Fiji), Aug 19 (IANS) Teenager Khalin Joshi from Bangalore spearheaded a brilliant performance by the Indian golf team which ended an 18-year-long medal drought with a bronze in ... Read more...
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Indian golfers lying second at Nomura Cup
August 16th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Denarau (Fiji), Aug 16 (IANS) The Indian Golf Union's amateur team made an impressive start with a steady display from their top three golfers, all of whom fired under-par rounds ... Read more...
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Chikka leads Indian golf team for Nomura Cup in Fiji
August 13th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Indian Golf Union's amateur squad which has had considerable success in recent months, including the Asian Games silver medal last year and the Asian ... Read more...
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Chikkarangappa wins Southern India Amateur Golf title
June 24th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 24 (IANS) National champion S. Chikkarangappa produced his best when it mattered most with a two-under 70 to emerge a five-shot winner over Khalin Joshi (77) at the ... Read more...
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Pakistan golf officials want India to revive Kirlosker Trophy
June 23rd, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 23 (IANS) The Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) is trying to persuade the Indian Golf Union (IGU) to revive the prestigious Kirlosker Trophy - a tournament featuring leading golfers ... Read more...
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Indian Open Golf is back on Asian tour schedule
June 17th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The Indian Open, the flagship golf event in India, will make its return for the 48th edition scheduled for Oct 13-16 and will carry an ... Read more...
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Delhi’s Semwal leads in Inter-state golf
June 14th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Coimbatore, June 14 (IANS) Sidharth Semwal (73) and Honey Baisoya (76), representing Delhi B, took a three-shot lead at the end of the first round of the Interstate Golf championship ... Read more...
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World’s governing body plans to bring Rules of Golf School to India
May 24th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Following the success of Golf Rules in Vietnam, Cambodia and China, the Royal & Ancient (R&A;), which governs the sport throughout the world barring United ... Read more...
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Chikka meets Pritam in all-India golf final
February 5th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 5 (IANS) It will be an all-Bangalore final at the 110th All India Amateur golf championships, as S Chikkarangappa and Pritam Haridas entered the finals of the flagship event of ... Read more...
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Indian golf team for Asian Games announced
September 7th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Rashid Khan will lead the Indian men's golf team for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China from Nov 12.
Abhijeet Chaddha, Rahul Bajaj and Abhinav Lohan are other ... Read more...
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Anirban, Das take honours on first day of Vodafone golf
January 22nd, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The excitement was on a high pitch with more than 90 players teeing it up Friday for the Vodafone Invitational Golf Tournament, a part of the inaugural Vodafone ... Read more...
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Hazardous golf balls take 1,000 years to decompose: Scientists
November 11th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov. 11 (ANI): Golf balls are proving to be a huge environmental hazard, as they take between 100 and 1,000 years to decompose naturally, according to scientists. An estimated 300 million ... Read more...
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Top youngsters for Lalit Suri junior golf Tour
November 9th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) The cream of India's junior talent will be on display when the Lalit Suri Junior and Sub-Junior Tour tees off with the Lalit Suri Eastern India Junior Golf ... Read more...
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Gauri Monga ready for Finnair Masters golf
August 8th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India's teenage golfer Gauri Monga is all set to take on some of the big international stars at the 200,000-euro Finnair Masters Ladies European Tour in Helsinki ... Read more...
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August company for Gauri at Finnair Masters golf
July 7th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Come August and the city's budding golfer Gauri Monga will be seen in action amongst some 120 top players of the world at the Finnair Masters Ladies ... Read more...
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Golfer Gagan Verma gets Rolex’s top amateur award
February 4th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) 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. 34, gave ... Read more...
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Chandigarh gets National Golf Academy
November 26th, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 26 (IANS) The city from where the country's top international golfer Jeev Milkha Singh hails got a boost for its golfing tradition with the National Golf Academy of India inaugurated ... Read more...
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Delhi schoolgirl golfer Lavery tops
August 29th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) Lavery Kumar, the schoolgirl from Delhi, despite going astray in the final round, clinched the Open title in the Gold division of the Madras Ladies Golf championship, the ... Read more...
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Delhi girl Lavery takes lead in Madras Ladies golf
August 27th, 2008 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) Lavery Kumar, schoolgirl from Delhi, continued her good run to take a four-stroke lead in both Gross and Nett categories of Gold Division in the Indian Golf Union ... Read more...
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100 junior golfers for Suri junior Championship
June 30th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Around 100 top junior golfers will take part in the second leg of the Lalit Suri Junior Golf Championship starting here Tuesday. The tournament at the Army ... Read more...
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