Fijian Dinesh Chand and Japan's Kaname Yokoo fired six-under 65 to share the opening day's glory at the Japan Okinawa Open.
The Chandigarh golfer had a good round of three-under 69 to be tied 11th on the first day of the Volkswagen Masters China.
Digvijay Singh opened up a four-stroke lead atop the leaderboard after the penultimate day in the Rs 25 lakh Airtel Masters Golf tournament.
Mukesh Kumar collected prize money of Rs. 1,62,000 while Rafick Ali and Yusuf Ali came joint second.
The Delhi golfer scored his third straight win on the Amby Valley PGAI Tour when he won t he HT Prof title.
The ace golfer blasted four birdies on his last five holes to finish tied 17th with a card of four-under 65 in the final round.
The Indian ace had three bogeys in the front nine to shoot two-under 70 in the final round that gave him a 15-under 273 overall and his third title of the season.
It was India's fourth individual medal in golf with Lakshman Singh and Shiv Kapur winning the gold in the 1982 and 2002 editions and Rajiv Mohta claiming a silver in New Delhi.
Gaurav Ghei was the lone Indian to ensure action over the weekend at the BMW Asian Open golf tournament.
Jyoti Randhawa is perched at an impressive third place in the Asian Order of Merit list.
Gaurav Ghei was the lone Indian to shoot an under-par round of 71 in the final to finish tied 12th at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters
Two other Indians, Harmeet Kahlon and Shiv Kapur, cruised into the top-ten at the mid-way stage of the Thailand Open.
Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods slugged it out at the British Open as the leadership battle ebbed and flowed in the third round over the bumps and hollows of Muirfield on Saturday.
The Indian contingent at the BMW Asian Open golf had a tough time with none of them coming under par.
Shiv Kapur joined the chorus in showering praise on young Shubhankar Sharma, describing him as an 'exceptional talent' with maturity beyond his age.
It was a very disappointing start for the Indian trio of Shiv Kapur, Jeev Milkha Singh and SSP Chowrasia at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.
The extension of qualifying period gives, at least half a dozen others among Indian men and possibly one woman, a chance to bid for a place in the Games.
India's top golfers returned to practice at courses across the country after weeks of inactivity brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anirban Lahiri continued his dream run in 2014 by earning a European Tour card for the first time in his career after finishing inside the top-25 at the European Tour Q-School Final Stage in Girona, Spain.
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India's Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rahil Gangjee got off to a good start on the first day of the inaugural USD 3 million Maybank Championship on Thursday. Bhullar, coming back from an injury which stalled his progress for more than a year, shot four-under 67, while Gangjee carded 68. Bhullar was tied 16th and Gangjee was 20th. Australian Nathan Holman fired a flawless seven-under-par 64 to seize the first round lead with Filipino ace Angelo Que leading the chasing pack.
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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.
India's Arjun Atwal carded a fine one-under 69 to move up to tied 17th place at the USD 5.1 million Sony Open in Honolulu.
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Jeev, whose career took a hit because of incessant injury breakdowns, praised the American for winning his 80th PGA Tour title last month, which was his first in five years.
Success eluded them on the European and the PGA Tour but Indian golfers enjoyed a decent run in Asia, with rising talents Rashid Khan and Anirban Lahiri sharing four titles between them even as some seasoned veterans struggled in a mixed year for the sport.
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
Shubhankar Sharma's magnificent year continued as the Indian grabbed a spot in next week's US Open Golf Championships with a solid display of 69-68 in the qualifiers, in Columbus.
India's Gaganjeet Bhullar was in his element as he carded 16-under-268 for the week to lift his fifth Asian Tour title with victory at the Indonesia Open, in Jakarta on Sunday.
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'I would rather focus on the good rather than what didn't happen.'
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri notched up his second title of the year, lifting the Venetian Macau Open with a sparkling final round of the five-under 66 on Sunday.
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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.
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India's Anirban Lahiri gave himself a good shot at another top-10 finish with a steady two-under 69 at the OHL Classic golf tournament.
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