Indian professional golfer Jeev Milkha Singh after winning the 2008 Austrian Open.
Governing body
Indian Golf Union
First played
1829[1]
Registered players
215[2]
National competitions
Amateur Golf Championship of India All India Ladies Amateur Championship All India Seniors Golf Championship All India Junior Golf Championship[3]
International competitions
Indian Open
Golf in India is a growing sport. Golf is especially popular among the wealthier classes, but has not yet caught on with others due to the expenses involved in playing.
The most successful Indian golfers are Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri. Singh has won three titles on the European Tour, four on the Japan Golf Tour, and six on the Asian Tour. His highest world ranking to date is 28th, achieved in March 2009. Singh has won the Asian Tour Order of Merit twice. Meanwhile, Lahiri has two European Tour wins and seven Asian Tour wins. He qualified for the 2015 Presidents Cup.
Other Indians who have won the Asian Tour Order of Merit are Jyoti Randhawa in 2002 (the first Indian to achieve this)[4] and Arjun Atwal, who went on in 2010 to become the first India-born player to become a member of the US-based PGA Tour and win the 2010 Wyndham Championship.[5]
India's men's team won gold at the 1982 Asian Games. They also won silver at the 2006 Asian Games and 2010 Asian Games. Lakshman Singh won the individual gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games. Shiv Kapur won the individual gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games.
There are numerous golf courses all over India.[citation needed] There is a Professional Golf Tour of India. The main tournament is the Hero Indian Open, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.
In addition to the commendable performances by the golf players of India, the Indian Golf Union (IGU) is making earnest efforts to improve the standard of the game in the country. Established in 1955, IGU made a significant decision in 1995, which gave rise to the birth of a separate body for the sport - Professional Golfers' Association of India (PGAI). Recent development in Indian golf is commencement of Indian Pitch and Putt Union, apex body of Pitch and Putt Golf in India, and membership of International Pitch and Putt Association. The effort of IPPU to support golf infrastructure in India is also appreciated by World Golf Foundation; In his letter to IPPU Secretary General Rakesh Purohit, Steve Mona, CEO of WGF, gave his support and encouraged the program of IPPU to develop Pitch and Putt Golf in India. The Indian Golf Union ( IGU ) and HVR SPORTS (Chairman: Harshavardhan Reddy) have come out with new schemes to grow the sport in India.[6]
^"History of Indian Golf". Indian Golf Union. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^"Player Profiles". Indian Golf Union. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^"National Events". Indian Golf Union. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^"Jyoti Randhawa rekindles old magic on Asian Tour". The Times of India. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^"Arjun Atwal of India gets historic win". ESPN.com. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^"Indian Golf Union & HVR Sports take the elite sport of Golf to the masses". 2 February 2016.
GolfinIndia is a growing sport. Golf is especially popular among the wealthier classes, but has not yet caught on with others due to the expenses involved...
The following is list of golf courses inIndia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Golf courses inIndia. World Golf Official site Archived 31 January...
Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), currently titled as the Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tour...
The 2024 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2024 Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season of...
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf...
Golf events were held at the 2023 National Games of India from 1 November 2023 to 9 November 2023 at Delhi Golf Club, Delhi. "National Games 2023 - Lawn...
Indian Golf Union, the announcement of which drew sharp criticism from both Asian Tour chairman Kyi Hla Han and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI)...
qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, representing Indiaingolf and finished 4th. Aditi was born in Bangalore to Ashok Gudlamani and Maheshwari...
Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) in Kolkata, India was established in 1829 and is the oldest golf club inIndia and the first outside Great Britain. RCGC...
of golf courses in Canada List of golf courses inIndia List of golf courses in North Dakota List of golf courses in Portugal List of golf courses in the...
The Volkswagen Golf Mk6 (code named Typ 5K) is a compact car and the sixth generation of the Volkswagen Golf. The Volkswagen Golf Mk6 is the successor...
Korean professional golfer. He has won three times on the PGA Tour, and twice on both the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea...
a lot of success on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he has won eleven events and the Order of Merit in 2009. The big break came for him when...
his time in university, Khanna lived in Beverly Hills, California. He has been a junior champion golferinIndia, and has also played golf for Millfield...
professional golfer. He currently plays on the Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India. He has won 11 times on the Professional Golf Tour of India. Mane...
The 2023 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2023 Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th season of...
viewed sport. India has also had success in field hockey, winning the World Cup and multiple medals in the Olympic Games. Sports such as golf, rugby, boxing...
National Games of India, also known as the 37th National Games of India and informally as Goa 2023 are held from 25 October to 9 November 2023 in the state of...
Professional Golf Tour of India was the eighth season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour inIndia since it was formed in 2006...
Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2009 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Professional Golf Tour...
Professional Golf Tour of India, is India's richest golf event and synonymous with professional international golfinIndia. He received the Ernst & Young...
Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2010 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth season of the Professional Golf...
Global Information