Anirban Lahiri's victory at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday edged him closer towards the Order of Merit summit while giving him a huge boost on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).
Tiger Woods goes into the U.S. PGA Championship hunting his first Grand Slam title for 14 months.
India's Shiv Kapur shot seven birdies over a nine-hole stretch as he overcame a calamitous start for a first round three-under-par 69 at the US$7 million CIMB Classic on Thursday.
The Indian ace was 41st in the US $5.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on the US PGA Tour.
Jeev was tied for 24th place at one-under 212 after the penultimate round in the Shishido Hills Cup.\n\n
Ernie Els went back to the top of the European money-list when he finished fourth in the Volvo PGA Championship on Sunday.
The Indian golfer played a one-under 69 on day 1 of the US Ban Championship of Milwaukee, which was interrupted by thunderstorms.
The Indian ace was two shots behind Korea's Chung Joon in the Maekyung Open.
Top seed Arjun Atwal suffered a heat stroke and gave Vijay Kumar a walkover in his semi-final.
For the first time in 11 years, opening practice at the Masters was suspended and the merchandise shop can expect a run on umbrellas with more rain forecast for later in the week.
Woods overcame Adam Scott of Australia while Toms beat Peter Lonard \n\nin the semi-finals.
The No. 1 player on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour shot a four-under 68 on the opening day of the London Myanmar Open.
The Fijian shot a four-under-par 68 in the weather-delayed final round to finish on 11-under 277.
The South African holed a 55-foot birdie putt on the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Australian Aaron Baddeley and win the $4.5 million Hawaii Open.
The 14-times major winner has not competed since finishing 10th at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015, after which he had two operations on his back.
He is one of a group of young players who have helped to make golf the fastest-growing sport in urban India.
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The American believes he has enjoyed a very consistent year and simply needs to get sustained momentum going in the heat of battle.
Englishman Danny Willett will be a big winner in the final world rankings of the year, to be issued next week, by narrowly punching his ticket to the 2015 Masters.
Korea's Chung Joon held off the Indian ace to secure a one-shot triumph at the Maekyung Open.
Tiger Woods proved he could be competitive again after playing some of the best golf of his comeback with a final-round four-under 68 to tie for ninth at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
'I was having a hard time not crying coming up the last hole.' 'All of a sudden it started hitting me I was going to win the tournament.'
It will be the second time he would make the cut in as many starts at the Open.
Anirban Lahiri made his second successive cut on the PGA Tour.
Ace golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar has won the best pro award at the Take Solutions India Golf Awards held recently at a city hotel in Gurgaon.
After being two-under in first five holes, Sharma had a lapse in concentration as he eventually ended with a four-day total of four-over 288 even as a lot of players were yet to finish.
World No. 40 Anirban Lahiri will be a part of the International Team, which will take on United States in the biennial Presidents Cup in Korea.
International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian-Franco Kasper has warned FIFA against holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the same time as the Winter Olympic Games.
India's Shiv Kapur battled to a two-under-par 70 for tied 13th place at the half-way stage of the US$7 million CIMB Classic on Friday, knowing that he needs to shift into high gear to emerge as a legitimate contender. The 31-year-old, who holds one Asian Tour title under his belt, carded three birdies against a lone bogey at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club's West course where his two-day aggregate of five-under-par 139 left him eight shots behind leader Keegan Bradley of the United States.
Jyoti Randhawa, who took time off to work on his game, showed that he made a wise decision as he registered his first top-10 finish in more than two years in the CJ Invitational hosted by KJ Choi in Yeoju, Korea on Sunday.
A downbeat Tiger Woods painted a bleak picture about his golfing future on Tuesday when he said he was not sure when he would be able to return to playing the game.
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Brazilian soccer legend Pele is doing 'fine' and will be discharged from a Sao Paulo hospital early on Thursday after he was admitted for stomach pains, one of his aides said.
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Golfing great Tiger Woods has said that his strength has returned from 'busting his butt' in the gym pretty hard and the former World No 1 is on schedule to resume competition in December.
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