Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh encourages cricketers to play golf from a young age to alleviate stress and enhance their primary sport, highlighting its accessibility and benefits.
The International Series, backed by LIV Golf, has partnered with the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) to provide Indian golfers with a pathway to compete on the global stage, offering access to International Series events and LIV Golf Promotions.
Leander Paes has partnered with Indian Golf Union (IGU), Professional Golfers' Association of India (PGAI) and The Gold Foundation (TGF) to build a pipeline of emerging golf talent in the country.
The defending champions enjoys a two-stroke advantage over second placed veteran Shiv Prakash after day one of the Surya Nepal Masters.
Each fired rounds of one-over 73 at Volvo China Open which got underway on Thursday.
He triumphed on the second play-off hole after being tied with C Muniyappa.
The Kolkata-based golfer played an error free round with birdies on the second, eighth, ninth, 13th, 14th and 15th holes to forge ahead at the halfway stage.
The country's best golfers are ready to battle it out in the Rs One million Tata Steel Open golf, which begins in Jamshedpur, with a pro-am on Wednesday.\n\n
The Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, met with the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) co-founder and ambassador, Yuvraj Singh and CEO Uttam Mundy at his office and praised the efforts being made to promote the sport across India.
The Kolkata pro is one clear of Digvijay Singh going into the final round of ther Surya Nepal Masters golf tournament.
All eyes will be on the two youngsters at US $200,000 Crowne Plaza Open at Grand Epoch City Golf Club in Beijing.
Digvijay Singh, Amandeep Johl, Gaurav Ghei and Uttam Singh Mundy joined the casualty list.
The Kolkata pro shot a three-under par 67 to lead the field after the opening round in the Hyundai Open.\n\n
The Mhow golfer scored his fifth triumph on the 2005-06 Amby Valley PGAI Tour.
Zheng Wen-gen, who shot a six-under 65, shares the lead with Australian Marcus Both in the US $275,000 Macau Open.
India's Amritinder Singh moved to tied 22ned place after shooting superb round of six-under 66.
The 21-year-old upstaged seasoned campaigners like Vijay Kumar and Uttam Singh Mundy at the Noida Open, which saw Delhi's Ajay Gupta card a hold-in-one on the final day.
The 21-year-old is on course for his maiden professional title after a third-round three-under 69. Vijay Kumar and Uttam Singh Mundy following him closely.
Indian golfers will now come under the ambit of international anti-doping rules as the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) which marks 10 years of its inception, on Saturday, took the initial steps in implementing the international doping guidelines.
India's top golfers returned to practice at courses across the country after weeks of inactivity brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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