The Indian golfing ace cracked a seven-under 65 to climb to move to fifth place at the mid-way stage of the tournament.
The world number one will match Byron Nelson's achievement of making 113 straight cuts on tour if he qualifies for the third round in the Funai Classic. \n\n\n\n
The American became the fifth player in history to shoot 59 as he charged to victory in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf event.
When rain stopped play, the Indian ace was cruising along at two-under par after eight holes, which gave him a tournament tally of 17-under.
Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal will lead the Indian challenge at the tournament.
The Indian golfing ace is poised to return his best finish of the season on the Japanese PGA Tour.
Masahiro Kuramoto of Japan shot a record breaking 12-under 59 in the opening round of the ¥120 million Acom International event.
Jimmy Walker did it the hard way, almost squandering a huge lead before registering a nervous one-stroke victory to continue his hot start to the season at the $6.6 million Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday.
Their poor showing on Saturday saw the Indian challenge in Singapore\n\nMasters fade.
The ace Indian golfer was tied for second place after the opening round in the Caltex Singapore Masters.
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 $5.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on the US PGA Tour.
Anirban Lahiri's victory at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday edged him closer towards the Order of Merit summit while giving him a huge boost on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).
Jeev was tied for 24th place at one-under 212 after the penultimate round in the Shishido Hills Cup.\n\n
Rising Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma shattered the course record at the challenging DLF Golf course with a sensational eight-under 64 to surge to second place after the unfinished second round at the US$ 1,750,000 Hero Indian Open, in Gurgaon, on Friday.
Ernie Els went back to the top of the European money-list when he finished fourth in the Volvo PGA Championship on Sunday.
Shubhankar Sharma continues to live a dream as four-time major champion and former world no 1 Rory Mcllroy has extended an invitation to him for a practice round at the Augusta National Golf Club before the Masters begins in April.
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.
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.
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.
He is one of a group of young players who have helped to make golf the fastest-growing sport in urban India.
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.
The American believes he has enjoyed a very consistent year and simply needs to get sustained momentum going in the heat of battle.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Korea's Chung Joon held off the Indian ace to secure a one-shot triumph at the Maekyung Open.
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.
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.'
Anirban Lahiri made his second successive cut on the PGA Tour.
It will be the second time he would make the cut in as many starts at the Open.
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.
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