India needs more stories like Divesh Rana’s, where a wide-eyed youngster took to Golf because his school in Faridabad, Haryana, offered it as part of the curriculum. Looking back to his early days in school, Divesh Rana, a pro in his second season on the Professional Golf Tour of India …

The Mesa Ridge High School in Colorado was the venue for the weekend’s workout for India’s Avinash Sable who has been training in the USA for Eugene World Athletics Championships. Chasing the fastest Indian male steeplechaser in the highlands of the Rocky Mountains, at an altitude of 2000m, is a difficult task. But not impossible if …

Ever since he made the transition from Tennis to Golf at 11, Kartik Sharma’s journey has been about taking risks and pulling them off. Sans grit and focus, it would have been tough to start from scratch after making a mark in Tennis. That risk was born on the greens …

When Anirban Lahiri rings the bell to a brand-new season on the PGA Tour, he will undoubtedly be focused to the hilt at the first tee box of the Sanderson Farms Championship. But going in there has been a quiet reflection as well.    Without getting into the plethora of …

C Muniyappa, the 2009 Hero Indian Open champion, recently transformed a two and quarter acre land into a mini Golf course in his native village, Poolampatti, situated 394 kms away from Chennai. C Muniyappa grew up learning Golf on mud greens with handcrafted clubs. The setting used to be agricultural …

It was a narrow miss but a broad display. Aditi Ashok, after finishing fourth in the Olympics, has turned into the poster girl of new-age sport in India. Through the Tokyo Olympics, Aditi Ashok’s putting held, but more importantly, the mind was in the right place. The two aspects, so …

While one swing by American Xander Schauffele nearly changed the dynamics of the Men’s Golf event at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo 2020, it was the 61 strokes of eventual silver medallist Rory Sabbatini, representing Slovakia, that really shook the leaderboard and the chase for Olympic gold. Xander Schauffele ultimately …

As per the Japanese concept of ‘Ikigai’, which is about finding purpose in life while doing something dear to the heart, Siddhi Kapoor’s passion, vocation, profession, and mission, the four components of the theory, are in playing Golf. Growing up in Kolkata, Siddhi Kapoor started at six and “was one …

To achieve what Cricket has commercially, Golf has a lot of catching up to do. Brand guru Harish Bijoor, who has created business plans on Golf for clients in Japan and Italy, in an exclusive chat opened up on what will it take to transform the sport in India. Sponsorship- …

Let the debate rage whether The Masters or Open Championship is the greatest Major. For us in India, the week of the PGA Championship is equally endearing, given the fond memories it has given a nation starved of glory in Major Championships. So, let’s celebrate this week at the Ocean …