Rahil Gangjee leapfrogged to tied 12th with a late assault for the best finish by an Indian, while fellow SSP Chowrasia joined 2005 champion Shiv Kapur at 19th place at the end of the Volvo Masters of Asia in Bangkok.
Daniel Chopra has set himself for a top-10 finish at the New Zealand Open after rising to the tied 11th.
India golfer Anirban Lahiri is making the country proud and on India's 68th Independence Day, he gave his countrymen a couple of big reasons to be proud.
Jeev Milkha Singh struck back-to-back birdies in the last two holes to return an even-par 70 and sign off tied seventh in the US $1.7 million Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament in Miyazaki, Japan, on Sunday. Jeev's total of four-under 276 left him seven shots behind champion Ian Poulter of Britain, who carded a one-under 69 in the final round.
Thailand's rising star Chapchai Nirat and Chinese Taipei's Chang Tse-peng jointly lead the field in the Hero Honda Indian Open golf tournament.
Tiger Woods cruised to a memorable double in record-breaking style on Sunday, winning the Tour Championship by eight shots and inaugural FedExCup honours to claim a $10 million bonus.
Tiger Woods rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt at the last to join fellow American Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole playoff for the 108th US Open.
Rory McIlroy's woes continued in the first round of the British Open on Thursday as the world number two slumped to an ugly opening 79, eight over par.
Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa failed to do so with scores of four-over 148 and seven-over 151. Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera carded a second round of two-under 70 to post the leading score of six-under 138.
Gaurav Ghei's title defence ended in disaster as he missed the cut by a stroke at the Beijing Open.
A couple of bogeys in the front-nine denied Arjun Atwal a top-10 finish and the Indian signed off tied 16th after carding a one-under 71 in the final round of the US $625,000 South Georgia Classic golf tournament.
Arjun Atwal continued to be upwardly mobile in the South Georgia Classic Golf Tournament, turning in a three-under 69 in the penultimate round to leap to the tied 27th spot in the $ 625,000 Nationwide Tour event in Valdosta.
A couple of back nine bogeys threatened to ruin his card but Jeev Milkha Singh managed to hang on to his tied fourth position with a penultimate round of level-par 70 in The Crowns golf tournament in Nagoya on Saturday.
The Indian star improved by four shots with a second round of two-over-par 73 at Carnoustie but his eight-over-par 150 meant he would not feature in the weekend of a Major for the first time in five appearances.
Jeev Milkha Singh shot a level-par 72 to be tied 23rd after the penultimate round at the US Masters. The 2006 Asian Tour's number one fired three birdies against an equal number of bogeys on a wet and chilly day at the Augusta National for a three-day total of one-over 217 to lie just outside the top-20.
Nick Dougherty fired a two-under-par 68 to forge one shot clear in the US Open first round.
India's Shubhankar Sharma surprised a few people, but not himself, as he upstaged the biggest names in golf for a two-shot halfway lead at the WGC-Mexico Championship on Friday.
Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa were off to good starts with identical cards of 68 to end the round one at tied second in the Ballantine's Championship in Jeju on Thursday.
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Both returned identical scores of six-under-par 64 to grab the early advantage in the Rs 70 lakh Cromptom Greaves Open Golf championship.
The Indian ace carded a flawless three-under 69 on the final day to come out trumps.
Ireland's Padraig Harrington upset Tiger Woods to win the Dunlop Phoenix tournament after an astonishing birdie on the second playoff hole on Sunday.
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While his playing partners Woods and Randhawa struggled in the windy conditions.
The ace Indian golfer aggregated three-over 145 at the end of Round Two in the USPGA event.
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.
The Indian golfer had a scintillating seven-under 65 in the second round at the Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Asoiizuka Memorial Open.
A composed Jyoti Randhawa kicked off his campaign with an opening round of two-under 70 to be tied 10th, even though his compatriots Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh went over-par in the $ 2.5 million Qatar Masters in Doha on Thursday.
Vijay Singh ended 15 years of heartache at the Bay Hill Club with a two-shot victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday.
He shot four-under 68 for a tied 27th place after the third round of the TCL Classic tournament.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
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Riding on a blemish-free third round of three-under 69, Shiv Kapur leapfrogged to tied 13th and stayed in the hunt for a top-five finish in the season-ending Volvo Masters of Asia in Bangkok on Saturday.
The Indian golfer completed a five-under-par 67 to be placed two strokes behind the leaders.
The Indian golfer was tied seventh at three-under 141, four behind midway leader Liang Wen-Chong of China at the Philippines Open.
Sweden's Daniel Chopra shot a superb seven-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead in the Australian Masters third round.
Jyoti Randhawa bulldozed his way into a share of the early lead in the Dubai Desert Classic first round.
The Indian golfer turned in a roller-coaster two-under 68 to climb one spot to tied ninth after the second round of the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament.
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