File photo of Indian golf star Diksha Dagar. Image courtesy Ladies European Tour. By Rahul Banerji Diksha Dagar scripted a personal landmark with her 100th Ladies European Tour start at the Aramco Team Series Korea in Goyang on Thursday. The 23-year-old, a two time LET winner, also has 16 top 10 finishes on the tour and although it was not the best of starts at the New Korea Country Club, it was nevertheless a day for the record books. Diksha is currently ninth on the LET Order of Merit. In the team competition, Diksha leads Czechia’s Tereza Melecka and Korean Do Yeon Park. Two other Indians ..read more

File photo of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods who has been included in an influential group set up by the PGA Tour to further talks with LIV Golf’s Saudi Arabian backers PIF. By Rahul Banerji PGA Tour policy board player-director Tiger Woods will be the lone active golfer in a five-strong panel set up to negotiate with LIV Golf’s financial backer, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, as the two entities seek to find mutual ground. After much anger and indignation when LIV Golf first launched in 2022, there seemed to be a dramatic change on part of the ‘establishment’ when the two sides ann ..read more

File photo of 15-time major winner and thrice US Open champion Tiger Woods who will play his 23rd national Open in June. Image courtesy PGA Tour. By Rahul Banerji Following a less-than-ideal Masters outing, Tiger Woods appears on track to play all the year’s four majors having accepted a special invitation to the US Open in June. It will be his 23rd appearance at the year’s third major and he is also in the field for the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville later this month. A three-time US Open winner, Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption from the USGA into the 124th ..read more

Indian Golf Union director-general Bibhuti Bhushan (from left), CPG master trainer Jim Van, IGU president Brijinder Singh, Hero Indian Open committee chairman S.K. Sharma and NGAI in-charge Manav Das at a recent media interaction. Image courtesy IGU. By Rahul Banerji Buoyed by the recent performances of its young amateurs, the Indian Golf Union has spread its activities to ‘training the trainers’ and ‘growing the game’. Support from the sports ministry, with preparations for international events like the Olympics and Asian Games receiving generous funding, has also been a big boost for the no ..read more

Members of the Rippers GC do the traditionally Australian ‘shoey’ on the podium after their Singapore victory. Image courtesy livgolf.com. From a Correspondent Singapore: While Ripper GC rode the momentum of last week’s home victory to a second straight team title on Sunday at LIV Golf Singapore, Smash GC captain Brooks Koepka lit the fuse of a hot streak he hopes will produce a successful title defence at the upcoming PGA Championship. Led by captain Cameron Smith and veteran Marc Leishman, the all-Australian Rippers overcame any concerns of a hangover effect after their emotional victory in ..read more

Multiple manjr winner Phil Mickelson unfurled some of the old magin on Saturday at Sentosa. Image courtesy livgolf.com. From a Correspondent Singapore: For the third time in the last 18 LIV Golf tournaments, Brooks Koepka will take a three-shot lead into the final round, thanks to a brilliant 7-under 64 in Saturday’s rain-delayed second round at LIV Golf Singapore. The previous two times the Smash GC captain has held that large of an advantage, he closed the deal in Orlando and Jeddah last year. Given that the five-time major champion has found his form as his PGA Championship title defence l ..read more

Brooks Koepka of Smash GC tees off during the first round of LIV Golf Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club on Friday. Image courtesy Jon Ferrey/LIV Golf. By a Correspondent Singapore: After suffering a “little low point” in Australia, Torque GC’s Sebastián Muñoz  produced his best round of the 2024 season on Friday to take the first-round lead at LIV Golf Singapore.  Muñoz’s 6 under par 65 gives him a one-shot advantage over Smash captain Brooks Koepka, Cleeks captain Martin Kaymer, Iron Heads captain Kevin Na, RangeGoats’s Thomas Pieters, Cameron Tringale of the HyFlyers and Fireballs ..read more

The Serapong course at Sentosa, venue of LIV Golf Singapore, was named world’s best course in 2023. Image courtesy livgolf.com. By Rahul Banerji LIV Golf League’s 2024 season transitions into its second phase with the seventh tournament at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore from Friday with stakes mounting with each event. With LIV Golf Chicago announced as the finale of the individual competition that also decides the fate of those in the lower half of the overall standings, the remaining tournaments will start to shake out the pecking order. Both the individual and team standings have gotte ..read more

From the files: Members of the winning Crushers GC team (from left) skipper Bryson DeChambeau, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III and Paul Casey with the 2023 event team trophy at Chicago. Image courtesy livgolf.com. By Rahul Banerji The individual finale of the ongoing LIV Golf season will be played in Chicago from September 13 to 15, the league said on Tuesday. LIV Golf Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club will be the season’s 13th tournament with players competing for final positions in the individual standings. It will also determine the various cut-offs including relegation for the 2025 seas ..read more

Rory McIlroy won his 25th PGA Tour event alongside Shane Lowry on debut at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in a first-hole playoff over the French-US pair of Martin Trainer and Chad Ramey at Avondale on Sunday. Further details here: https://www.businesstoday.in/bt-golf/story/irishmen-mcilroy-lowry-chase-down-zurich-classic-team-title-in-a-playoff-427573-2024-04-30 Also read: Rory McIlroy poised for a return to PGA Tour players’ body The post McIlroy makes victorious Zurich Classic debut alongside Lowry appeared first on Tee Time Tales ..read more