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Shiv Kapur
Shiv Kapur (born 12 February 1982) is an Indian professional golfer. He is recipient of 2002 Arjuna Award. Amateur career Kapur went to Purdue University and played the amateur circuit in the United States. He had a successful amateur career, winning the Indian and Malaysian Amateur Opens in 2000 and an individual gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games. Professional career Kapur turned professional in 2004 and made a considerable impact in his second season on the Asian Tour by winning the season ending Volvo Masters of Asia and finishing the year fourth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit. Kapur works with instructor Peter Murphy out of Dallas, Texas. He joined the European Tour in 2007, having earned enough as an affiliate member in 2006 to merit a tour card. His best finish that season came at the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open, where he finished tied for second place. Kapur's best opportunity at clinching a European Tour victory came at the 2009 South African Open Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with both the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part of the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire NCT along with adjoining districts in neighbouring states, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The foundation stone of New Delhi was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Ramsay
} Richie Ramsay (born 15 June 1983) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Ramsay played in the 2005 Walker Cup and, in 2006, became the first British golfer in almost a century to win the U.S. Amateur. Ramsay turned professional in 2007, and played two seasons on the second tier Challenge Tour, winning twice in 2008. He has played on the European Tour since 2009, winning three times. Personal life Ramsay was born in Aberdeen. He is an honorary member of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club and was a student at Stirling University in Scotland, where he graduated in 2007. Amateur career Ramsay won the Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship in 2004, and the Irish Amateur Open Championship in 2005. He went on to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup later that year. In 2006, Ramsay won the U.S. Amateur, defeating American John Kelly 4 & 2 in the 36-hole final. He was the first British player to win the championship since 1911, and the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Peterson (golfer)
Paul Peterson (born July 1, 1988) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the European Tour and the Asian Tour. Professional career Peterson played on the Canadian Tour in 2012, making only two cuts in six events. In February 2014, Peterson was successful at the Asian Tour Qualifying School. In 2015, he finished in the top 10 of two joint events with the European Tour. This gave him 138th place in the European Tour rankings for 2015, earning him conditional status for 2016. On August 21, 2016, Peterson won the D+D Real Czech Masters for his first European Tour victory. He was ranked 398th in the world prior to the victory. In January 2018, Peterson won the Myanmar Open, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour, by two strokes, which moved him up to 127th in the Official World Golf Ranking. Professional wins (3) European Tour wins (1) Japan Golf Tour wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour Asian Tour wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiragh Kumar
Chiragh Kumar (born 15 December 1983) is an Indian professional golfer. Kumar won a silver medal as an amateur at the 2006 Asian Games, before turning professional later that year and joining the Professional Golf Tour of India. In 2011 he won three times, was the leading money-winner on tour and was named tour player of the year. At the 2011 Hero Honda Indian Open, an Asian Tour event, Kumar was the halfway leader and went on to finish second to David Gleeson in the tournament. His winnings from the event would see him end the year 21st on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, giving him a full tour card for the first time. Professional wins (5) Asian Tour wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India Professional Golf Tour of India wins (5) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour Team appearances Amateur *Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Prakash Chouhan
''Om'' (or ''Aum'') (; sa, ॐ, ओम्, Ōṃ, translit-std=IAST) is a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, or an invocation in Hinduism. ''Om'' is the prime symbol of Hinduism.Krishna Sivaraman (2008), ''Hindu Spirituality Vedas Through Vedanta'', Motilal Banarsidass, , page 433 It is variously said to be the essence of the supreme Absolute, consciousness,James Lochtefeld (2002), "Om", ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism'', Vol. 2: N-Z, Rosen Publishing. , page 482Om . ''Merriam-Webster'' (2013), Pronounced: \ˈōm\ '' Ātman,'' '','' or the cosmic world.David Leeming (2005), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiv Chawrasia
Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia (born 15 May 1978), commonly known as S.S.P. Chawrasia, is an Indian professional golfer. Since 2008 he has won six Asian Tour events, four of which were co-sanctioned by the European Tour. He has had particular success in the Hero Indian Open where he was runner-up in 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2015 and winner in 2016 and 2017. Nearly all his success has been in India; his only win outside India being the 2016 Resorts World Manila Masters. At the end of the 2014 season he asked the Asian Tour to change the spelling of his last name, previously Chowrasia, to Chawrasia, the spelling that is on his passport. Early life Chawrasia's father worked as the greenskeeper at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Kolkata, India. It was at this golf course that Chawrasia picked up golf at the age of 10. The self-taught golfer is nicknamed "Chip-putt-sia" because of his short game. Professional career Before entering professional golf, he was a caddie for a few years. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panasonic Open India
The Panasonic Open India was a golf tournament on the Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo .... It was first played in 2011. Winners Notes References External linksCoverage on the Asian Tour's official site Former Asian Tour events Golf tournaments in India Recurring sporting events established in 2011 2011 establishments in Haryana Panasonic {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Green
Gavin Kyle Green (born 28 December 1993) is a Malaysian professional golfer. Amateur career Green played college golf at the University of New Mexico where he won eight times and was a 3-time All-American (3rd team 2013, 2nd team 2014, 1st team 2015) and 2-time Mountain West Conference golfer of the year. Professional career Green won three times on the Asian Development Tour, once in 2014 as an amateur and twice in 2016. He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished in 47th place, and the 2020 Summer Olympics (tying for 57th place). Green played on the Asian Tour in 2017. He was runner-up in the Hero Indian Open, the Yeangder Heritage and the Shinhan Donghae Open before winning the Mercuries Taiwan Masters and leading the Order of Merit. Personal life Green is of Portuguese people, Portuguese, Irish people, Irish and Malaysian Chinese, Chinese descent. His parents are Gary and Vivienne Green. His brother Galven Green played college golf at the University of New Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Yi-keun
Chang may refer to: People Surname * Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames * Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surname Given name * Chang Bunker () (1811–1874), one of the original Siamese twins * Liu Chang (other) * Chang, the younger brother in the children's book ''Tikki Tikki Tembo'' * Chang (Star Trek), a Klingon general from the film ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' * Chang Koehan, a Korean character from ''The King of Fighters'' * Benjamin Chang, a Chinese character from ''Community'' Pseudonym * Chang (director) (born Yoon Hong-seung, 1975), a South Korean film director Ethnography * Chang Naga, a tribe of Tuensang in Nagaland, India * Chang language, spoken by the Chang Naga Places * Chang, Bhiwani, a village in the Indian state of Haryana * Chang, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province of Iran Other uses * Chang, chaang, or chhaang, a traditional alcoholic barley drink of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeangder Heritage
The Yeangder Heritage was a golf tournament on the Asian Tour. It was played for the first time in April 2017 at the National Golf Country Club in Taipei, Taiwan. Prize money was US$300,000. The tournament is an upgrade of the Ambassador ADT tournament played on the Asian Development Tour The Asian Development Tour, founded in 2010, is a professional golf tour. It is the development tour for the Asian Tour, with a relationship analogous to the Web.com Tour to the PGA Tour and the Challenge Tour to the European Tour. Players who fail ... in 2015 and 2016. Winners References External linksCoverage on the Asian Tour's official site Former Asian Tour events Golf tournaments in Taiwan {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
