Bangaluru golfer Syed Saqib Ahmed shattered the course record with a scintillating round of 7-under par at the Jack Nicklaus Kalhaar Blues and Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad on an eventful Tuesday, which also the duo of Chennai’s Tarak Swamy and Shakti Singh of Delhi registering a hole-in-one each on the 16th hole.

Samarth Dwivedi shot one-over 72 to assume the top position on the leaderboard even as overnight leader Vikram Rana went down the order with a 77 at the end of the third round of the Tata Steel Western India Amateur at the Poona Club Golf Course on Thursday.

Having achieved all three of his Asian Tour victories at home soil, Anirban Lahiri will be keen to win his first such title outside India at this week’s $750,000 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters in Jakarta.

Vikram Rana shot a three-under 68 to emerge as the leader after the first round of the Tata Steel Western India Open golf championship at the Poona Club on Tuesday.

S.S.P. Chowrasia believes he is getting closer to a first Asian Tour victory outside of his country after a strong showing at the recently-concluded Ballantine’s championship in Korea.

Mhow golfer Mukesh Kumar and Delhi’s Manav Jaini shared the lead after the third round of the Jaypee Greens Open 2013 at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort in Greater Noida on 10-under-206. Overnight joint leaders Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh and Mandeo Singh Pathania of Greater Noida are one shot behind in tied third place.

Local favourite Mandeo Singh Pathania and Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta fired identical scores of five-under-67 to share the joint lead after Round One of the Jaypee Greens Open golf tournament.

Greater Noida-based golfers Gaurav Pratap Singh and Mandeo Singh Pathania will spearhead the local challenge at the inaugural Jaypee Greens Open that gets under way on Monday.

Teenage golfer Manu Gandas came up with a brilliant finish with three birdies in the last four holes on the final day to win the Usha-IGU Delhi junior title at the Qutub Golf Course in the capital on Friday.

Tutul Ali returned to the top of the leaderboard with a steady even-par 70 that gave him a one-shot lead over Mohan Sardar (72) in the Usha-IGU Delhi junior golf championships at the Qutub Golf Course in the capital on Thursday.