32-year-old only Indian regular on the PGA TOUR, Anirban Lahiri had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 19th and had to miss the events scheduled in the following week. Now, Lahiri is doing well, as suggested by Joy Chakravarty through his Twitter post and will be seen in action at US$7.9mn AT& T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in Texas from May 13-16. For those who are asking about @anirbangolf, the Indian ace is doing much better after a protracted battle with COVID-19. He has started practicing again and is hoping to play next week’s @PGATOUR‘s AT&T Byron Nelson. His big concern ..read more

Just 12 days after winning her fourth title in Arizona, 23-year-old Nishtha Madan of Gurgaon shot rounds of 70-70-70 (6-under par) to claim her fifth professional title on the Cactus Tour, a developmental tour based out of Arizona. Nishtha who has played six events this season, added US$3,500 to her Cactus career earnings for the 2021 season to replace Kendra Dalton as the leader on the Tour’s Money List at US$9,400. Nishtha is currently looking forward to the US Open Qualifier set at Superstition Mountain Golf Club, Gold Canyon in Arizona on May 13th and said, “Good three week stretch on the ..read more

The Masters, the major, for which everyone was waiting for to see, Tiger to repeat his 2019 feat and clinch his sixth green jacket, at the Augusta National, is scheduled for play without spectators. That means all three majors in this year of COVID-19 will not have fans, and the silence figures to be most deafening at Augusta National when the Masters is played Nov. 12-15. Golf is coming off its first major without fans last week at the PGA Championship. The U.S. Open, moved from June to Sept. 17-20 because of the pandemic, previously announced it won’t have spectators at Winged Foot. The Open ..read more

The 16-year-old, Anika Varma, at 258 is the top-ranked amateur from India on the WAGR, plays for the Granite Bay High School and has numerous accolades attached to her resume already. Anika moved to the USA for education and golf career has been performing consistently in all of her events for long now. The latest accolade was announced by, Anika herself on Twitter, after she was contacted by the USGA team, informing about her entry in the 132-strong field, of the 120th US Women’s Amateur Championship, scheduled for Aug. 3-9 at Woodmont Country Club, Maryland. Super excited for earning a spo ..read more

Yes, Bryson DeChambeau, the world No. 7 and the winner of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, just two weeks back, shot a quintuple-bogey on the, 558 yards, par-5, 15th and here’s how all of it unfolded. Tee shot 279 yards left into a water hazard. Penalty stroke. Attempting to reach the green, he hit a fairway wood out of bounds, on the wrong side of a boundary fence down the right side of the hole. Penalty stroke. Attempting to reach the green again, he hit a fairway wood out of bounds in the same vicinity as the previous shot. Penalty stroke. Attempting to reach the green a third time, he hit a ..read more

The speculations on Tiger Woods plan of play just got over. Woods announced today about his plans to make his next appearance in the 2020 calendar. He plans to tee it up at next week’s Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio. I’m looking forward to playing in the @MemorialGolf next week. I’ve missed going out and competing with the guys and can’t wait to get back out there. — Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) July 9, 2020 Woods’ tweet read, “I’m looking forward to playing in the @MemorialGolf next week. I’ve missed going out and competing with the guys and can’t wait to get ..read more

Ryder Cup 2020, was scheduled to go ahead with its September dates, 25-28, but the only debate it had was, whether it will be played in the presence of audience or not at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wisconsin. With most of the players, specially Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy, supporting the postponement of the event, rather than playing it without the fans from both sides. Looking at the current pandemic, it was the only feasible solution available to the PGA of America, PGA Tour and European Tour, a joint announcement to be made soon. The Ryder Cup will return to an “odd year” cadence, which ..read more

As soon as the Hero Women’s Indian Open was announced cancelled on June 30th, there were already speculations for the Men’s Indian Open to see the same fate. The event was already postponed to late October from its earlier dates in March, this year. The Hero Women's Indian Open 2020 stands cancelled due to Covid-19 | @HeroMotoCorp @LETgolf @wgaofindia The full statement ? pic.twitter.com/4MLIQMWZ4p — Hero Women's Indian Open (@WomenIndianOpen) June 30, 2020 Today, the Asian Tour and European Tour, joined by the Indian Golf Union, announced that the Hero Indian Open, stands cancelled. “Keep ..read more

The PGA Tour is playing its fourth straight week of competition after returning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the Tour’s stop is Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, where the three among the top-10 on the OWGR, Webb Simpson (6). Patrick Reed (7) and Bryson DeChambeau (10) will be making their appearances. RELATED: Atwal takes control of Mauritius Open While, making his return to PGA TOUR this week is, India’s only winner on the PGA TOUR, till date, Arun Atwal, after getting a sponsor exemption for his fourth start of the year. His previous three starts ended with him finishing, AT&T Peb ..read more

The game of golf returned, to give us joy, to give us new moments to cherish, and to say, the return has not been a relief to all the golf fans, across the world, would be a lie. But, the TOUR, has seen its fair share of problems too, since its return. The Tour, has now seen, five positive Covid-19 tests (including three players) and precautionary WDs (Chase Koepka, Webb Simpson & Bud Cauley). Previously, anyone “inside the bubble” was allowed on property at the beginning of the week as they waited for their test results, albeit with certain restrictions. But now the Tour will not allow an ..read more