Reader Balaji sent us a picture of golfer Arjun Atwal from Delhi.
The 31-year-old Kolkata-based pro has a many reasons to win the Hero Honda Master golf, beginning on Thursday.
Becomes the first Indian to compete in the US PGA Championships.
Arjun Atwal clinched his maiden title in the United States at the Chattanooga Classic which earned him a ticket to the PGA Tour next season.
Atwal seemed to have captured his old form at least for the day with a six-under 64.
After dropping just one bogey in 36 holes, Arjun Atwal gave away no less than three in the third round to slip to tied third position from top at the McGladrey Classic golf tournament in St Simons Island, USA.
Kapil is known to be a keen golfer, whose handicap was almost down to scratch at one time.
Aditi Ashok played a steady round of even par 72 to be tied-28th after the second round of the Amundi Evian Championship.
India's Arjun Atwal has turned up lighter, stronger and pain-free for this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic as he seeks to follow Phil Mickelson's example for longevity on the PGA Tour. Since becoming the PGA Tour's first Indian winner at the 2010 Wyndham Championship, Atwal has spent much of the last decade batting inconsistent form and career-threatening shoulder and wrist injuries.
Chasing his first win on the PGA Tour, India's Anirban Lahiri will take a one shot lead into the final day of The Players Championship after completing the third round with a 5-under 67 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal, Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh feature in the elite list
The Indian golfer carded 73 in the last round to register his second best finish of the season at the $5.5 million Zurich Classic at New Orleans.
Arjun Atwal ended a four-year title drought as he won the inaugural $ 500,000 Dubai Open at the Els Golf Club on Sunday.
Arjun Atwal moved into overdrive with a six-under 30 on the second nine to climb to second spot in the Chitimacha Louisiana Open in Broussard, United States.
The 22-year-old golfer is the fifth and the youngest Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
Saddened by the shooting inside a Gurudwara in the United States a couple of weeks ago, Indian golfer Arjun Atwal is planning to raise awareness about Sikhs by distributing saffron ribbons during next week's Wyndham Championships -- a tournament he won two years ago.
India's Arjun Atwal may have survived the cut, but he dropped further down to tied 71st position at the end of the third round of Greenbrier Classic golf tournament in White Sulphur Springs, USA.
Arjun Atwal suffered a dramatic fall over the last three holes, dropping four shots in that span to plummet to tied 109th after the fourth round of Final Stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School, in La Quinta, California.
India's Arjun Atwal carded eight birdies and a lone bogey to rocket into a one-shot lead over Davis Love III and Jim Furyk after Friday's second round of the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island in Georgia.
Gaganjeet Bhullar played junior golf with Rory McIlroy, and the Irishman has now won two Majors and is now the World No.1.
Asian Tour's Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han on Monday hailed Arjun Atwal's maiden PGA Tour title triumph in the Wyndham Golf Championship, saying that his feat will inspire more ground-breaking performances from India and across Asia.
Indian golfer Arjun Atwal sank a tense 13-foot putt for a birdie on the 18th hole to squeeze inside the cutline but the two big names of the event Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson missed the cut at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, USA.
Arjun Atwal made a strong start, with a two-under 68, to be placed at tied 18th along with Tiger Woods after the opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio. At the top of the table is Adam Scott, who has with him Steve Williams, the caddie Woods sacked recently.
Being a close friend of Tiger Woods has helped India's Arjun Atwal in more ways than he can count out on the course.
Tiger Woods will start this week's US Open with major question marks hovering over his likely form but Indian Arjun Atwal believes the American world number one is "very close" to his best. The two golfers are near neighbours in Windermere, Florida, where they regularly play practice rounds together and Atwal has been amazed by the rapid improvement shown by Woods in recent weeks.
Arjun Atwal's historic title triumph on the PGA Tour was the high point of an otherwise moderate year for Indian golf during which seasoned campaigner Jeev Milkha Singh's fortunes took a massive tumble due to injuries.
Arjun Atwal stayed steady in trying conditions to return the day's best card of three-under 67 and move into contention for his second PGA title at the USD 6.5 million HP Byron Nelson Golf Championships in Irving Texas.
Arjun Atwal's PGA Tour triumph shone as a beacon on an otherwise dark Sunday for Indian sports, fuelling the world's second most populous country's hopes of celebrating a maiden major victory in the not too distant future.
Tiger Woods's regular practice partner Arjun Atwal showed form the American can only dream about of late when he fired a course record-equalling 61 for a first-round lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.
Indian golfer Arjun Atwal's historic PGA title triumph on Monday fetched him a place in the list of nominees for the Asian Tour's Special Achievement Award along with Korean teen Noh Seung-yul and Thai legend Boonchu Ruangkit.
Off-season rust and a cold putter spoilt the day for star attraction Arjun Atwal even as course familiarity worked to the advantage of some unfancied names such as Sanjay Kumar and Shamim Khan in the opening round of the Hero Honda Indian Open Golf Tournament in New Delhi, on Thursday.
Short of practice but rejuvenated after a break, India's first PGA Tour title winning golfer Arjun Atwal on Tuesday said he is aiming to round off his consistent year by lifting the Hero Honda Indian Open for the first time in 11 years, this week.
Making his first PGA Tour start since winning the Wyndham Championship a month ago, Arjun Atwal continued his brilliant form to share the lead with a six-under 66 in the opening round of the US $3.6 million Viking Classic golf tournament in Madison, US. Atwal shares the top spot with Bill Lunde, Ken Duke, Brett Quigley in a crowded leader-board.
Shubhankar Sharma, fresh off an impressive outing in his PGA Tour debut that made the golfing world take notice, has accepted an invitation to compete in next month's US Masters, the tournament said on Tuesday.
Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, who is currently plying his trade on the US PGA Tour, is second in the Asian Tour's career money list with earnings of $2.8 million.
Arjun Atwal scripted history by becoming the first Indian golfer to clinch a US PGA Tour title as he lifted the Wyndham Championship trophy in Greensboro, regaining his playing card on the elite tour within weeks of losing it to poor form in a remarkable turnaround of fortune.
Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Atwal joined Japanese trio Isao Aoki, Shigeki Maruyama and Ryuji Imada and South Koreans K.J. Choi and Y.E. Yang in an elite but growing club of champions from world's most populous continent.
Arjun Atwal followed up his opening-round 61 with a three-under 67 Friday to assume a share of the lead at the halfway point of the Wyndham Championship.
Jeev Milkha Singh slipped 16 places to tied 53rd after returning a modest even-par 70 while Arjun Atwal also just about managed to make the cut with an identical card in the second round of the RBC Canadian Open golf tournament at Ontario.
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