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The US Open follows the PGA Champs and will be without spectators at Winged Foot

The US Open follows the PGA Champs and will be without spectators at Winged Foot

The US Open has followed the PGA Championship and will now be a “no spectator’ event. So 2020 will have two ‘fan-less’ Majors and one, The Open, has been cancelled. The Masters, scheduled for November…

Major winners and Players champions

Major winners and Players champions

Following are the winners of the Majors and the PLAYERS Championship. Even. though there are only four Majors, the PLAYERS, the biggest event for the PGA Tour, is often called the ‘fifth’ Major and considered…

Ten US Open spots available from the UK Swing

Ten US Open spots available from the UK Swing

The purses are smaller but then these are not normal times and the European Tour players are grateful of the opportunity they will get and for some action after more than three months. The UK…

Freshly-minted 50-y-o Mickelson cards  64; exempt into US Open, too

Freshly-minted 50-y-o Mickelson cards  64; exempt into US Open, too

Team GolfXYZ Phil Mickelson, a freshly-minted 50-year-old, had a  lot to celebrate. In his first round since turning 50 on June 16, he shot six-under 64 and was Tied-fifth. It was a double celebration, as…

US Open qualifiers was a big draw for Indians like Jeev, Kapur

US Open qualifiers was a big draw for Indians like Jeev, Kapur

V Krishnaswamy The US Open, accoding to most golfers is the toughest Major to win. On the tournament Thursday, it has 156 starters, but in the weeks running up to it, it has more than…

US Open a ‘closed’ affair this year; dreamers out, Qualifiers cancelled

US Open a ‘closed’ affair this year; dreamers out, Qualifiers cancelled

V Krishnaswamy The Major, that is considered as the ultimate and as the ‘People’s Major’ will not be the same this year. And we don’t know of the future. The US Open, which attracts as…

PGA first major sport to plan re-start, but no fans for 4 weeks; Expanded fields, new schedules include Hero WC

PGA first major sport to plan re-start, but no fans for 4 weeks; Expanded fields, new schedules include Hero WC

V Krishnaswamy  April 16: The PGA Tour, the world’s biggest and most lucrative golf tour with the world’s best players playing on it, will become the first major sport to re-start action in June. The…

Could a November Masters unlock the Career Slam for Rory McIlroy

V Krishnaswamy The clock started ticking On July 20, 2014, the day, Rory McIlroy, won The Open at Liverpool. It was his third Major and he had won one each of the US Open (2011),…

Sanders – Peacock of the Fairways and a jukebox with feet

Sanders – Peacock of the Fairways and a jukebox with feet

V Krishnaswamy Jeev Milkha Singh was devastated. Daniel Chopra put out a tribute. And the golf world was poorer with the demise of Doug Sanders, who may well be somewhere in the upper segments of…

By Joy Chakravarty – Tribute to Sanders, an inspiration for Jeev, Daniel

By Joy Chakravarty Doug Sanders, winner of 20 PGA Tour titles and a four-time runner-up in major championships, passed away on Sunday at the age of 86. Long before bright and colourful clothing became trendy…