21-year-old Australian Zach Murray clinched the 100th New Zealand Open title with a total score of 21-under 266 at The Hills and Millbrook Resort. He is first wire-to-wire winner of the tournament since Kiwi Sir Bob Charles in 1953. Murray, who led at the end of each of the first three rounds, fired a final round four-under 68 at The Hills in Arrowtown to finish … [Read more...]
Chikkarangappa jumps 104 spots, Shubhankar’s presence gives 7 OWGR points to PGTI event
Last week in Hyderabad, Chikkarangappa S. won his maiden 2019 season title at Golconda Masters, which earned him a full-five points for the win, in-turn helping him jump 104 spots up in the World Rankings to 357 from 461 previously. RELATED: Chikkarangappa wins Golconda Masters The joint runners-up Aman Raj and M Dharma took 2.50 points each. While Aman moved up from 930 … [Read more...]
Shubhankar Sharma makes headlines for his maiden PGTI start
India’s premier golfer returns to play on the PGTI after a year The Professional Golf Tour of India had a good start of their 2019 season with Golconda Masters in Hyderabad, which was won by Chikkarangappa S. and he even earned 5 ranking points for his efforts, becoming the first Indian to earn full five points. PGTI is in Haryana to stage their second event, at the … [Read more...]
Chikkarangappa wins Golconda Masters, first Indian to earn 5 OWGR points
Bengaluru’s Chikkarangappa S posted a flawless final round of six-under-65 to outclass the rest of the field and emerge triumphant by two shots at the PGTI’s season-opener, the Golconda Masters Golf Championship 2019. Chikka’s career-graph has been on the upswing since he ended a two-year long title-drought on the PGTI in November last year. He followed that up with a … [Read more...]
Habitat for Humanity India and TAKE Solutions Masters join forces in support of housing for Farmers’ widows
Habitat for Humanity, the global non-profit housing organisation and ‘Sustainable Development Partner’ of the Asian Tour, the official sanctioning body of golf in Asia, is linking with the TAKE Solutions Masters to help fulfill its aim of providing a decent place to live for everyone. TAKE Solutions Masters, the co-sanctioned Asian Tour and PGTI golf tournament, will … [Read more...]