INDIAN PGA AND PRO GOLF IN INDIA-Airtel Masters Championship

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:44 pm

The only interesting golf tournament going on right now for Indians is here at Delhi.

SSP Chawrasia takes the honors on second day to lead the field, while Mukesh also throws up the challenge by magnificient comeback. The APGA stars Gaurav Ghei, Ashok Kumar and Amandeep Johl are also at striking distaces Here is the full report.

SCORES (after 36 holes) : 135 SSP Chowrasia(69,66); 136 Mukesh Kumar(71,65); 137 Feroz Ali(67,70); 139 Rafick Ali(71,68), Ashok Kumar(69,70), Amandep Johl(67,72), Gaurav Ghei(66,73); 140 Gast Ram(71,69), Digvijay Singh(69,71); 142 Arjun Singh(70,72) Amateurs: 138 Gaganjeet Bhullar(68,70); 140 Simarjeet Singh(69,71); 142 Ajeetesh Sandhu(72,70)

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:52 pm

Thanks Ajay.

It appears that the star attraction Jeev Milkha Singh has made the cut.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:18 pm

Mukesh proves once again who is the boss in domestic events. Third straight bogie free round helped him win the richest domestic tournament. Here is the report.

SCORES :
273 Mukesh Kumar(71,65,67,70);
276 SSP Chowrasia(69,66,69,72), Digvijay Singh(69,71,66,70);
279 Gaganjet Bhullar(68,70,70,71);
281 Rafick Ali(71,68,70,72);
282 Amandeep Johl(67,72,69,74);
283 Feroz Ali(67,70,74,72), Ashok Kumar(69,70,69,75), Gaurav Ghei(66,73,68,76);
284 Rahil Gangjee(76,72,68,68);
285 Simarjet Singh(69,71,71,74)

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:49 am

Mukesh wins again with a record!!! He matches Ernie Els and Daniel Chopra's record of acieving 30 under in 72 holes. Superb performance

He is the report on Mukesh's win. Unfortunately, the reporter missed mentioning the feat of Daniel Chopra when Daniel broke the under 30 barrier in NW tour last year .

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:03 am

Mukesh did well to win and have a very good score. However, these scores need to be put in perspective. The golf course was easy and the cut was made at about -4 or so. I will not put Mukesh's performance at par with those of Ernie Els, Daniel Chopra and Jeev Milkha Singh.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:14 am

Yes superb performance by Mukhesh ... Winning so authoratively with one round of 59 ... Simply amazing stuff ...

I agree Bhushan that course was playing easy, but then one should take advantage of it and Mukesh managed that ... Thats more remarkable in my view.

Jaydeep.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:47 pm

BSharma wrote:Mukesh did well to win and have a very good score. However, these scores need to be put in perspective. The golf course was easy and the cut was made at about -4 or so. I will not put Mukesh's performance at par with those of Ernie Els, Daniel Chopra and Jeev Milkha Singh.

By the way Ernie played a par 73 course, DAniel played par 72 course, while Mukesh played pas 70 course.

I agree these scores need to be put in perspective, whether it was Ernie or Daniel or Mukesh. I have put the scores of top 10 plyers in all three tournaments. From the scores it is obvious that for shooting -30, the course hase to be helpful and many more low scores are shot in the tournament. But if we (correctly) attribute this feat of scoring -30 , to the easy playing conditions, we should not bother to look at this record at all. The point is that the course was playing easy for all the players, but someone has to come out on top and achieve it. Credit goes to Mukesh as he led rest of the field by 6 strokes, i.e. he has to really play well as none of the other player could even come close to achieving this feat. Same goes with Ernie and Daniel as they really played well and beat the next player by a margin of -8 and -4 respectively. Ofcourese we can't compare the quality of field of PGA with NW or with Indian PGA

Top Scores (After 72 Holes):
1 (-30) 250_Mukesh Kumar (64,64,59,63);
T2 (-24) 256_Vishal Singh (65,64,62,65), Yusuf Ali (62,64,65,65);
4 (-23) 257_Vinod Kumar (66,66,65,60);
5 (-22)258_Gurbaaz Mann (67,66,62,63);
6 (-21)259_Rafick Ali (61,64,69,65);
7 (-20)260_Ashok Kumar (63,65,67,65);
8 (-18)262_SSP Chaurasia (65,65,68,64);
9 (-17)263_Feroz Ali (66,66,68,63), Amardip Sinh Malik (67,66,62,68), C Muniyappa (62,64,69,68).

1 1 Daniel Chopra -7 F -30 65 63 65 65 258
T 2 T4 Nathan Green -8 F -26 62 69 67 64 262
T 2 2 Franklin Langham -5 F -26 64 64 67 67 262
T 4 T9 James Driscoll -9 F -25 69 66 65 63 263
T 4 T4 Ryuji Imada -7 F -25 67 64 67 65 263
6 T7 Jimmy Walker -7 F -24 66 67 66 65 264
T 7 3 Bryant MacKellar -3 F -22 66 67 64 69 266
T 7 T4 Johnson Wagner -4 F -22 67 66 65 68 266
9 T9 Jason Buha -5 F -21 66 67 67 67 267
T10 T19 Mark Wilson -6 F -20 67 68 67 66 268
T10 T9 David Faught -4 F -20 67 66 67 68 268

1 1 Ernie Els -6 F -31 64 65 65 67 261
T2 T10 Rocco Mediate -10 F -23 72 69 65 63 269
T2 2 K.J. Choi E F -23 67 67 62 73 269
T4 T8 Vijay Singh -8 F -22 68 70 67 65 270
T4 3 Retief Goosen -4 F -22 70 65 66 69 270
T6 T16 Jonathan Byrd -10 F -21 68 69 71 63 271
T6 7 Jim Furyk -5 F -21 64 72 67 68 271
T6 T4 Chris Riley -4 F -21 65 70 67 69 271
T6 T4 Bob Estes -4 F -21 66 66 70 69 271
T10 T10 Gene Sauers -7 F -20 65 72 69 66 272

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:11 pm

My point about the futility of comparison had to do with what you wrote:

Ofcourese we can't compare the quality of field of PGA with NW or with Indian PGA

I wonder what would have been the scores of the golfers if the players from these three tournaments had a chance to play in all these three tournaments.

I am not trying to discredit the achievement of Mukesh but simply pointing out that these kind of scores should be compared within their own group.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:09 am

The conditions were windy at the Rs. 25-lakh Airtel Masters golf championship at the Classic Golf Resort in Gurgaon.

The scores:
Gaurav Ghei 66
Digvijay Singh 68
Gurbaaz Mann, Ajay Gupta, Gaganjit Bhullar (A) 69
Vijay Kumar, Rahul Ganapathy, Harinder Gupta 70
Mohammad Islam, Vishal Singh, Shamim Khan, Ali Sher, Rafick Ali, Shiv Prakash, Sandeep Syal, Monish Bindra, Vinod Kumar, Shiv Kapur, Amardeep Sinh 71
Sheeraz Kalra, Naman Dawar, Amit Dube, S. Madaiah, Vikrant Chopra (A), Anura Rohana (Sri), Manohar Dike, Jumman, Binod Pandey, Ranjit Singh and Yusuf Ali 72
Jeev Milkha Singh 73

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:42 pm

Digvijay Singh (-13) ready to win as he leads Shiv Kapur by 4 strokes. Report

Jeev Milkha Singh made a return to form with a five-under 67 to climb to tied-14th place ...
Current money leader on the Amby Valley PGAI Tour Mukesh Kumar fired a round of 71 to slip to a tied-28th position at level par 216.

SCORES (After 54 holes): 203 Digvijay Singh (68,69,66); 207 Shiv Kapur (71,70,66), Vishal Singh (71,67,69); 209 Sanjay Kumar (73,69,67); 210 Vijay Kumar (70,72,68); 211 Sandeep Syal (71,71,69), Rahul Ganapathy (70,70,71), Gaurav Ghei (66,72,73); 212 C Muniyappa (77,67,68), Vikrant Chopra (a) (72,70,70), Ajeetesh Sandhu (a) (73, 68, 71), S Madaiah (72,69,71), Harinder Gupta (70,70,72).

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:11 am

According to a report in The Times of India, Shiv Kapur has been invited to play in the Zurich Open Pro-Am on August 15 and 16, 2005 at Schonenberg Golf Club.

Since the Asian Tour and Indian Tour are on hold during the summer, I wonder what are the Indian golfers doing? Some of them must be resting to get ready for the season that extends into the winter, but does anyone know if the Indian golfers on the Asian Tour or Indian Tour are planning to make a move into the next higher Tour?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... 185076.cms

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:52 pm

Chowrasia grabs lead in Hindu Open with superb eight-under par 64 after first day of the Hindu Open at the Cosmo-TNGF Golf Course in Chennai ... The Hindu Open forms the third leg of the Amby Valley PGAI Tour 2005-06 season.

Chowrasia grabs lead in Hindu Open

Jaydeep.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:36 pm

Ranjit Singh take advantage of early morning start to put another 6 under to lead The Hindu Open with 2 strokes with -12 score and overnight leader Chowrasia slipped to second spot with -10 ... And Ashok Kumar is third with -9 score.

Ranjit Singh forges ahead at half-way

Jaydeep.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:32 am

In different fortune on 18th hole two hot players r leading after third round of Hindu Open ... Defending champion Ashok Kumar missed a six-footer on the 18th for his tenth birdie of the day while SSP Chowrasia sank a 15-footer downhill birdie putt ... The two were tied at 17-under 199 for the tournament.

Battle royal for The Hindu Open honours

Jaydeep.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:43 am

S P Chowrasia claimed the glittering Hindu Trophy two strokes ahead of defending champion Ashok Kumar in the third leg of the Amby Valley PGA Indian golf tour in Chennai, who also collected a cash prize of Rs.1.58 lakh.

Chowrasia lifts Hindu Trophy

Jaydeep.