Arjun Atwal News
Shubhankar Sharma and Arjun Atwal emerged as the best Indians after carding a matching four-under 68 to be Tied-25th after the third round of the Volvo China Open on Saturday.
Arjun Atwal missed the cut with a round of 73 at the inaugural Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship.
India's Asian Tour stalwarts Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri heaped praise on Shubhankar Sharma who produced a gutsy performance to finish tied ninth at the World Golf Championships in Mexico City.
A dominant Europe won eight of the 12 singles matches against Asia on Sunday to rally from behind and successfully defend their EurAsia Cup title with a 14-10 victory in Malaysia.
Asia made a strong comeback after trailing early to split Saturday’s EurAsia Cup foursomes with Europe as the hosts maintained a one-point lead over the defending champions going into the final day’s 12 singles matches.
Captain Arjun Atwal hopes to turn the tide in Asia's favour against Europe at the EurAsia Cup golf tournament which starts on Friday.
It is a first taste of team captaincy for both Atwal and Bjorn, and with the Dane looking for valuable insight into the eventual make-up of his 2018 European Ryder Cup side.
Atwal after a first round 71 was again at one-under when he doubled bogeyed the par-5 14th and did not manage to get those two shots back in the remaining four holes.
Among the other Indians, Shiv Kapur (72), Atwal (72) were tied 24th, while Rashid Khan (72) was tied-41st.
Randhawa, three-under through two rounds, shot five-under 67 on the moving day to get to eight-under 208 and tied-ninth place.
Woods believes that after the success of Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal, Lahiri is the new flag bearer of Indian golf.
Indian golfer Rashid Khan survived a double bogey start to card a two-under 70 and wrest the halfway lead even as the seasoned Arjun Atwal missed the cut at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters here today.
Viraj Madappa, who will spearhead India's challenge at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (ACC) golf tournament starting tomorrow, feels Anirban Lahiri's exploits will definitely act as an inspiration for him and his countrymates here.
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