USHA DGC lADIES OPEN from Nov 15
New Delhi: The 7th Usha DGC ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship 2016, is slated between November 15th-17th at Delhi Golf Club, Zakir Hussain Marg. A total of 105 Indian amateur golfers will be participating in this 54 hole tournament. Many IGU (Indian Golf Union) ranked players, namely Diksha Dagar, Tvesa Malik, Sifat Sagoo and Anika Varma among others, will be battling it out on the green course at the Delhi Golf Club. Speaking about the event, Komal Mehra, Events Head, Usha International said, "Usha is supporting ladies Amateur Golf for the last 29 years. This collaboration is a part of Usha's larger effort in promoting sports among the youth and especially women."
lahiri makes good start
Playa del Carmen: Indian golfer Anirban lahiri opened with a steady two-under 69 in the PGA Tour's OHl Classic at Mayakoba here. lahiri, who was third in his first appearance on the PGA this season at CIMB Classic in Malaysia, is Tied-36th and six shots behind leader, Chris Kirk (63). lahiri started on the 10th and birdied 11th, 13th and 15th and then turned in three-under. A bogey on first was set right with a birdie on par-five fifth, but a bogey on par-three eighth set him back to two-under. lahiri, who managed to keep his card following his rookie year in 2015-16, is making his second start on PGA Tour for 2017, which starts with CIMB Classic, Malaysia, in Oct.
4-way tie for clubhouse lead
Gurgaon: Four players carded two-under 70 to share the clubhouse lead on the first day of the Hero Women's Indian Open at the DlF Golf and Country Club here on Friday. Florentyna Parker, Christine Wolf, Ursula Wikstrom and Anne-lise Caudal carded identical scores to share the pole position. Following them in tied fifth position are defending champion Emily Kristine Pedersen, English golfer Kiran Matharu and the Spanish duo of Nuria Iturrios and Patricia Sanz Barrio at 1 under 71. Indian Olympian Aditi Ashok carded an even par 72 to finish in tied ninth after the first round. Pamela Pretswell could not complete her round due to bad light and will continue her round on Saturday. Agencies