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At €500K Omega Dubai Ladies Masters 2016, UAE

Courtesy of http://ladieseuropeantour.com/

T3 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 70 70 -6 € 26,250.00

Aditi scored consistent three 2 under rounds for finishing on tied 3rd in this season-ending Dubai Masters ... So very solid end for a fantastic rookie season for Aditi .. Aditi also finished on 2nd position with € 206,664.97 prize money in 2016 Order of Merit on the European Ladies tour ... Also, Aditi sealed her sensational first season on the Ladies European Tour by collecting her Omega watch as the winner of the LET’s Rookie of the Year Award.

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At $2M UBS Hong Kong Open 2016, Hong Kong

T29 Arjun Atwal (IND) 70 70 66 71 -3 $16,628.57
T45 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 69 69 71 71 PAR $10,000.00
T54 Shiv Kapur (IND) 68 69 68 77 +2 $7,000.00

After the third round, Shiv Kapur was in top-15 with 5 under but 7 over last round dumped him out of top-50 finish ... Arjun needed good positioning to retain his Asian tour card so with the top-30 finish he managed to retain his Asian tour card for 2017 season.

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At $400K Panasonic Open India 2016, New Delhi

Courtesy Asian tour

1 Mukesh Kumar (IND) 67 69 70 -10 $72,000.00
T2 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 67 72 68 -9 $34,600.00
T2 Rashid Khan (IND) 67 72 68 -9 $34,600.00
5 Honey Baisoya (IND) 73 69 67 -7 $16,400.00
6 Shankar Das (IND) 71 67 72 -6 $13,320.00
T7 Shamim Khan (IND) 67 74 70 -5 $9,350.00
T7 Sanjeev Kumar (L) (IND) 71 69 71 -5 $9,350.00
T7 Kapil Kumar (IND) 68 72 71 -5 $9,350.00
T7 Khalin Joshi (IND) 67 71 73 -5 $9,350.00
Showing only top-10 Indians from the list.

The veteran Mukesh Kumar had a two-shot advantage heading into the third and final round, closed with a two-under-par 70 for a winning total of 10-under-par 206 at the US$400,000 Asian Tour event, which was earlier reduced to 54 holes due to fog disruptions to claim his first Asian Tour title by one shot ... Mukesh Kumar’s victory made him the oldest winner on the Asian Tour at the age of 51 years and 126 days ... Indian duo Jyoti Randhawa and Rashid Khan closed with matching 68s to share second place.

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At LPGA and Symetra Tour Qualifying School 2016 - Stage III, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

T24 Aditi Ashok (IND) 73 70 71 71 73 -2

As per rule, Players that finish in the top 20 (no ties) will earn LPGA Tour membership in category 12 while those that finish 21-45 (including ties) will earn membership in category 17. If necessary, there will be a playoff for the final spots in category 12 (full membership) only.

Aditi failed to take advantage of the easier Jones course so she struggled to finish in top-20 for securing full membership ... In the final round she required 2 under round for finishing inside top-20 but in end she managed 1 over round ... So with that she has earned conditional membership in category 17 on LPGA tour.

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At $500K Qatar Ladies Open 2016, Doha, Qatar

Courtesy of Qatar open twitter

1 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 66 68 69 -15 € 75,000.00
T23 Neha Tripathi (IND) 74 70 72 70 -2 € 6,180.00

Aditi has won the Qatar open, this is her back to back title on European tour ... Aditi showed consistency in all four rounds ... In the first round she managed 2 under, in the second 6 under, in the third 4 under and in the final round 3 under score ... In end Aditi won the title by three strokes ... This win put her at the 2nd spot on the 2016 European Order of Merit list.

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At $400K Hero Women’s Indian Open 2016, Gurgaon, India

Courtesy of http://ladieseuropeantour.com/

1 Aditi Ashok (IND) 72 69 72 -3 $60,000

Rookie professional Aditi Ashok wrote her name into the history books as she was crowned as the first home winner of the Hero Women’s Indian Open at DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon on Sunday ... The 18-year-old from Bangalore became the first Indian player to win on the Ladies European Tour ... Aditi scored birdie on last hole to avoid play-off and becoming winner.

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At $300K BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open 2016, Jakarta

Courtesy of Asian Tour

1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 71 65 68 68 -16 $54,000.00
T2 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 71 66 66 72 -13 $19,800.00
T14 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 73 70 68 68 -9 $4,155.00
T24 Khalin Joshi (IND) 65 70 74 73 -6 $2,910.00
T27 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 74 65 71 73 -5 $2,456.25
T27 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 74 68 73 68 -5 $2,456.25
T36 Chirag Kumar (IND) 68 72 73 71 -4 $1,982.14
T52 Himmat Rai (IND) 71 71 75 71 PAR $1,207.50
64 Abhinav Lohan (IND) 70 72 77 72 +3 $870.00

Gaganjeet Bhullar of India won the Indonesia Open for the second time in his career after closing with a four-under-par 68 ... Gaganjeet also won the event in 2013, sealed his seventh Asian Tour victory and a second title this season with a 16-under-par 272 total ... Jeev Milkha Singh, a two-time Asian Tour number one, settling for tied second place, his best result since 2012, after making bogey on the 17th hole to finish on 72.

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At $6M The RSM Classic 2016, Georgia, USA

T13 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68 67 70 65 -12 $99,750.00

Anirban produced excellent 5 under final round to finish on top-15 on PGA tour.

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At $550K Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE

T46 Aditi Ashok 69 73 74 69 -3 €2,527.00

This week Aditi played in Abu Dhabi ... After first round she was in top 15 but after that in next two rounds she score over PAR rounds that pushed her outside top-50 ... In the final round Aditi managed 3 under for finishing inside top-50 ... Overall good experience for Aditi.

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At $2M Sime Darby LPGA tournament 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

52 Aditi Ashok 71 69 73 74 +3

Aditi struggled in the last round of Sime Darby LPGA tournament and managed 3 over ... Which pushed her outside top-50 in the final standing.

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At $2M Sime Darby LPGA tournament 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

T41 Aditi Ashok 71 69 73 PAR

This week Aditi is playing in LPGA event on invitation ... After two rounds she was in top-25 but 2 over in the third round pushed her outside top-40.

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At LPGA Qualifying Tournament 2016 - Stage II, USA

T24 Aditi Ashok 69 76 75 72 +4

Aditi managed the final round of PAR which helped her to climb inside top-25 ... So with this performance she qualify for LPGA final qualifying tournament, that will be played November 28 to December 4 at Daytona Beach, Florida.

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At $7M CIMB Classic 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (PGA Tour co-sanctioned)

T3 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 66 66 65 72 -19 $406,000.00
T56 Gaganjeet Bhullar 73 70 74 68 -3 $15,750.00
71 SSP Chawrasia 74 74 73 69 +2 $13,860.00

Anirban Lahiri took pressure of his first PGA tour title on the final day ... He made quadruple bogey on Par-5 third hole to lose the lead ... He scored another bogey on 6th hole, so with one eagle and three birdies he finished PAR for the day ... Other hand defending champion Justin Thomas scored 8 under for winning the title with -23.

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At LPGA Qualifying Tournament 2016 - Stage II, USA

T39 Aditi Ashok 69 76 75 +4

Aditi managed three over in the third round to slide down to T39 in the standing ... Hoping for better round in the final round from her.

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At $7M CIMB Classic 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (PGA Tour co-sanctioned)

1 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 66 66 65 -19
T70 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 73 70 74 +1
T75 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 74 74 73 +5

Anirban Lahiri romped to a four-shot lead at the CIMB Classic on Saturday, firing a brilliant seven-under-par 65 in the third round to set himself up for a maiden PGA Tour title ... Good opportunity for Anirban for lifting his first PGA tour title ... Here till now he scored 25 birdies, hopefully he stays focused on the final day.

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At LPGA Qualifying Tournament 2016 - Stage II, USA

T29 Aditi Ashok 69 76 +1

After first round Aditi was in top-5 but in the second round she struggled on the course to score 4 over ... She needs to finish in top-80 for qualifying for final qualifying round.

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At $1.1M Venetian Macao Open €250K Lacoste Ladies Open De France 2016, Macau

2 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 66 68 69 65 -16 $121,000.00
T3 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 69 65 69 68 -13 $62,150.00
7 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 68 69 70 67 -10 $31,350.00
T8 Rashid Khan (IND) 69 69 66 71 -9 $25,245.00
T25 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 69 71 69 71 -4 $10,340.00
T34 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 73 70 69 70 -2 $7,590.00
T34 Chirag Kumar (IND) 67 70 74 71 -2 $7,590.00
T46 Shankar Das (IND) 70 67 72 75 PAR $5,390.00
T57 Khalin Joshi (IND) 70 70 75 71 +2 $3,575.00
T57 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 74 69 70 73 +2 $3,575.00
T81 Arjun Atwal (IND) 71 71 77 75 +10 $1,210.00

Anirban Lahiri lost in play-off against Thai Pavit Tangkamolprasert to finish on second place ... He and Chikkarangappa started with tied for first place but they struggled early ... After 11 holes Anirban was 1 over for the day but he scored 7 birdies in a row in last seven holes for tying Pavit ... Also impressive performance by young Chikkarangappa in this tournament ... Overall good performance by Indian players.

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At €300K Xiamen International Ladies Open 2016, China

T8 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 71 70 71 -6 € 7,200.00
T29 Veena Kappor (IND) 72 70 73 73 PAR € 2,745.00

Another top-10 finish for Aditi on European tour in China ... Here all four rounds she scored under PAR rounds ... She is showing tremendous consistency in her tender 18 yrs age ... Really proud of her and very excited about her future ... Here Veena Kapoor also played, she missed top-20 finish due to last two over par rounds.

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At €250K Lacoste Ladies Open De France 2016, France

T10 Aditi Ashok 69 69 69 69 -4 € 5,675.00

Another top-10 finish for Aditi on European tour ... In all four rounds she scored consistent 1 under round ... If she reduce her bogeys then she can contender for the title ... Today she scored an eagle and 5 birdies but also scored a triple bogey, a double bogey and a bogey.

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At €250K Lacoste Ladies Open De France 2016, France

5 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 66 73 70 67 -12 $30,750.00
T6 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 70 67 73 67 -11 $23,175.00
T30 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 75 66 71 70 -6 $5,787.50
T36 Arjun Atwal (IND) 67 73 69 74 -5 $4,810.86
T36 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 70 72 74 67 $4,810.86
T43 Chirag Kumar (IND) 72 69 73 70 $4,113.00
T43 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 73 70 71 70 $4,113.00
T43 Himmat Rai (IND) 70 70 69 75 $4,113.00
T52 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 69 69 78 71 $2,906.25
T63 Shiv Kapur (IND) 68 75 72 77 +4 $2,137.50
66 Abhinav Lohan (IND) 72 72 75 75 +6 $1,950.00

Gagan scored the final five under round to finish in top-5 ... So after winning last week he is showing he is gaining his confidence back and performing consistently ... Good to see he is back on his top game ... Chikkarangappa also finished in top 10 with 5 under round.

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At $1M Shinhan Donghae Open 2016, Incheon, Korea,

Courtesy AsianTour

1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 68 66 68 67 -15 $194,400.00
T15 Khalin Joshi (IND) 68 69 69 71 -7 $13,683.60
T54 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 71 71 71 71 PAR 3,780.00 $

Gaganjeet Bhullar returned to the winner’s circle for the first time since 2013 when he powered his way to victory with a final round four-under-par 67 at the Shinhan Donghae Open .. So we can safely say he has come out of his career threatening injury/ operation. Gagan showed tremendous consistency as after first round he was T10, after second he was T6 and after third he was T4 ... In the final round he was 2 under for the day after first 9 holes and then scored four birdies in next 5 holes ... So at that time he had 4 strokes lead with 17 under but on 16th and 17th holes he scored back to back bogeys ... He kept his composure for scoring PAR on the final hole which helped him to secure this title.

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At €300K ANDALUCIA COSTA DEL SOL OPEN DE ESPAÑA FEMENINO, Spain

6 Aditi Ashok (IND) 74 67 75 69 -3 €9,300.00

Aditi gave another top-10 performance on European tour ... In the last round 4 birdies on final 9 helped her to finish 3 under for the tournament.

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At €2M Porsche European Open, Bad Griesbach, Germany

T24 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68 68 69 -10 €20,500

Decent comeback for Anirban after a month long injury break ... He finished in top-25 in this shorten tournament due to bad weather ... He managed 10 under in this tournament but SSP missed the cut.

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At € 500K Ladies European Masters, Germany

T9 Aditi Ashok (IND) 73 69 70 69 -7 € 11,500.00

In the final round Aditi scored three under to finish tied 9th position with seven under ... This is her first top-10 finish on European tour, which earned her Euro 11.5K.

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At LPGA Qualifying Tournament Stage I, California, USA

T20 Aditi Ashok (IND) 72 74 67 74 -1 (qualify for stage II)

T93 Sharmila Nicollet (IND) 73 75 74 73 +7

Aditi qualify for LPGA stage II after finishing T20 position after four rounds of Qualifying I stage ... As per rule top 90 and Ties Advance to the Stage II Qualifying School ... Aditi scored one under final score to finsh in top-20 ... Sharmila missed opportunity of playing in Stage II as she required PAR or below PAR round for qualification but she managed one over .. So she missed Stage II qualification by single stroke.

Our two others golfers, Simi Mehra and Tanya Wadhwa, participated in this tournament but they failed to make cut in the fourth round.

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At 145th Open Championship, Ayrshire, Scotland

T68 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 69 72 76 79 +12

Terrible last round for Anirban in British open, 8 over ... Consisted of 6 bogeys and a double bogey on last hole.

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At $10M 145th Open Championship, Ayrshire, Scotland

T43 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 69 72 76 +4

Anirban had poor round of five over which put him on outside top 40 ... Need solid round to finish inside top 25.

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At $10M 145th Open Championship, Ayrshire, Scotland - Second Round

T22 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 69 71 -1

Anirban makes cut at British open and remain in top 25 after two rounds ... In the first round Anirban missed opportunities of scoring lower round than 2 under ... But in the second round under demanding condition Anirban played excellent round ... With 2 birdies and 3 bogeys he managed one over for remaining in top 25.