The Indian ace is looking to break the jinx of previous Asian number ones failing to get beyond the second round since 2000.
India's Jeev Milkha Singh won a nail-biting Singapore Open on Sunday after Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els missed putts to take the US $5 million event to a playoff. Singh, who virtually sealed the Asian order of merit title with the win, started the day five shots behind leader Chapchai Nirat of Thailand but three birdies on the front nine helped him to the top of the leaderboard at seven-under par.
The top Indian golfer wants to emulate the likes of South Africa's Ernie Els as a 'global player'.
Fiji's world number two Vijay Singh will take part in the $2 million Qatar Masters Golf Tournament next month.
The Indian ace played a solid round with four birdies and four bogeys to be tied for 35th place at the Heritage Classic golf tournament.
Jyoti Randhawa bulldozed his way into a share of the early lead in the Dubai Desert Classic first round.
The world number one mixed five birdies with four bogeys to return a one-under 71 for a 13-under aggregate of 203.
Jeev Milkha Singh's cold putter left him in agony as the Indian missed the halfway cut at the Masters golf tournament by just one stroke on a wind-swept day at the Augusta National. Struggling to roll his putts in, Jeev brought home three-over 75 for a two-day total of 146 to miss the cut -- first time in three appearances -- by just one stroke and join the likes of Greg Norman and Ernie Els on the sidelines.
Jyoti Randhawa was the lone Indian to return a sub-par card as he and Jeev Milkha Singh made the cut while compatriots Shiv Kapur and SSP Chowrasia fell by the wayside in the Qatar Masters, in Doha on Friday.
The Indian golfer is in sixth place in the Qatar Open. Swede Henrik Stenson leads the field after the third round.
The 34-year-old American has been playing like number one, claiming back-to-back PGA Tour titles for the first time in his 12-year career.
Jyoti Randhawa will travel to USA later this month to compete in the US$ 4.2 million USPGA Tour event, the Buick Open.
India's top golfer will rub shoulders with the world's leading golfers in the May 20-23 Euro three million tournament.
Tiger Woods has described his final putt at the fifth Presidents Cup between the U.S. and the Internationals as one of the most nerve-wracking moments of his life.
The Fijian leapfrogged South African Ernie Els, who had held second place since January.
Tiger Woods survived a few anxious moments on the back nine to clinch his fourth U.S. PGA Championship and 13th major title with a two-shot victory on Sunday.
The two Indian golfing aces were just a stroke behind world No 2 Ernie Els in the Caltex Singapore Masters.
The ace golfer went down to American Stewart Cink in the opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play.
Jyoti Randhawa moved from tied 20th to tied 11th before the final round was delayed due to bad light at the BMW Asian Open.
Jeev Milkha Singh hit a four-under 68 that carried him to a midway total of seven-under 137 after round two of the BMW Asia Open.
World number three Rory McIlroy, eyeing a comeback next week from injury, continued his tune-up with a round with US President Donald Trump in south Florida on Sunday, it was reported.
Shiv Kapur battled his way through the second nine and returned with a card of three-under 69 in good scoring conditions at the BMW International Open, while his colleague Jeev Milkha Singh, struggled to a 73 that had four bogeys and three birdies.
The Indian golfing sensation has firmly set his eyes on making the International team which will face a Tiger Woods-led United States team in the Presidents Cup next year.
Indian golfers Anirban Lahiri and Jeev Milkha Singh exited early, as did many other big names, including multiple Major winners Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy, after the completion of second round in the US Open in Oakmont.
India's Gaganjeet Bhullar chipped in from off the green to record an eagle on the 17th hole to propel himself to a one-shot victory in the Fiji International.
Anirban Lahiri will fulfil a childhood dream when he makes his US Masters debut this week at the fabled Augusta National and the world number 34 is determined not to lose his way in the golfing "temple".
Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, conjured up seven birdies, including two at the last two holes, in a day's best round of 67.
Phil Mickelson posted a sparkling final-round 66 to finish on three under par, a total that should be enough to win the British Open on Sunday.
Anirban Lahiri equalled the course record with a sensational nine-under 62 at the par-71 Macau Golf and Country Club to finish second at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday.
His goal of 18 majors is in serious doubt, but five years after his precipitous fall from grace a rehabilitated Tiger Woods is entering the next phase of his career heading toward making another billion.
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