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Ahlawat, Rashid & Mane amongst golfers to tee off at Inaugural Chennai Professional Championship
A number of the high gamers, together with Veer Ahlawat, Manu Gandas and Rashid Khan, will vie for honours when the inaugural version of the Chennai Professional Championship tees off on the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course in Chennai on Tuesday.
The match carries a prize purse of Rs 50 lakh. The Professional-Am occasion will probably be staged on August 24.
The occasion will witness participation by 126 golfers, together with 123 professionals and three amateurs.
The main Indian professionals within the area embody Ahlawat (TATA Metal PGTI Rating chief), Manu, Rashid Khan, Karandeep Kochhar, Chikkarangappa, Shaurya Binu and Udayan Mane.
The distinguished international names within the area embody Sri Lankans N Thangaraja, Ok Prabagaran and Anura Rohana, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain, Czechia’s Stepan Danek, Nepal’s Subash Tamang, Canada’s Sukhraj Singh Gill, South Korea’s Si In Kim, Japan’s Makoto Iwasaki and American Dominic Piccirillo, to call just a few.
The native problem will probably be led by Chennai-based professionals Pradyumna Prakash and S Prasanth in addition to amateurs Pranav Nandakumar and former India cricketer Murali Vijay.
– PTI
Lahiri finishes T-42 in LIV Golf
Brooks Koepka beat Jon Rahm on the primary playoff gap in an exciting end whereas India’s Anirban Lahiri completed T-42 within the LIV Golf at White Sulphur Springs.
Koepka shot 63 and Rahm 65 as each totalled 19-under and went right into a play-off.
After rounds of even par 70 and 1-over 71, Lahiri shot his better of the week at 5-under together with three birdies and an eagle on Par-5 Twelfth. He ultimately completed T-Forty second.
Koepka has now gained 5 of the 31 LIV Golf regular-season tournaments that he has performed.
– PTI
Jeev finishes tied-Twelfth in Zambia Legends
Jeev Milkha Singh began the ultimate spherical with three birdies within the first 4 holes and completed tied Twelfth on the Zambia Legends Championship.
In between his excellent begin and the good end, Jeev had one birdie, an eagle two and three bogeys, as he will get prepared for the HSBC Legends Indian Championship which will probably be hosted by Jeev himself.
South Africa’s Keith Horne secured his maiden Legends Tour title in beautiful model with some nice front-running at Bonanza Golf Membership, close to Lusaka.
– PTI