Jeev wins in Colombo; Pukhraj claims IGPL Order of Merit, gets entry to International Series
He also overtook his career-best 65-season win tally of 2023 with this win.
Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee, who needed to play well in the last few events to keep his card, followed his first round 64 with a 72 to be 6-under and T-6 at the ISPS Handa Gatsun to tobase tournament in Tokyo.
A sensational final round fetched Jeev Milkha Singh his second title of the season at the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup in Hokkaido.
The Indian ace won the season-ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.
The Indian ace capped a remarkable year, having also won the Volvo China Open in April and Volvo Masters in Spain last month.
The Indian ace carded a flawless six-under 66 in the opening round to take the joint lead at the Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Asoiizuka Memorial Open.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be on a five-day tour to Japan from Sunday to expand business ties with that country and will also meet auto major Maruti Suzuki's top brass, official sources said.
The Indian ace shot a two-under 70 for a 36-hole total of three-under and was lying in tied third place in the Sun Chlorella Classic.
Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh stayed in contention for the title after carding a bogey-free two-under 70 in the second round to lie tied sixth at the Canon Open 2012 on the Japan Tour in Yokohama on Friday.
Jeev Milkha Singh's broke into the world's top-50 golfers to become the first-ever Indian to be eligible to play in the Masters.
India's Rahil Gangjee ended a 14-year title drought when he sank a decisive birdie on the final hole for a one-shot victory at the Panasonic Open
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday became the first foreign leader to visit Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeast, where authorities battled hard to contain an atomic crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday on charges of poaching in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area in Uttar Pradesh.
Jeev Milkha Singh put behind personal tragedy en route to perhaps the most emotional victory of his career when he lifted the season-ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup in Tokyo on Sunday.
Jeev Milkha Singh continues to touch dizzy heights and the on-song Indian leapfrogged to a career best 36th in the latest Official World Golf Rankings following his emotional triumph in the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup. The Golf Nippon Series JT Cup was clearly the most memorable victory for the Indian who was hardly in the right frame of mind with his wife recuperating in a Tokyo hospital after delivering a stillborn baby.
Jeev Milkha Singh continued to make upward strides on the Japan Tour, carding a three-under 67 to be tied for the fourth spot after the second round of the 120 million Yen Crowns Tournament at the Nagoya Golf Club Wago Course in Nagoya on Friday.
But Jeev Milkha Singh, urged by his wife, shone through the grief of losing his child and turned in an even-par round to jump into the lead in the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup in Tokyo on Friday. he Indian ace totalled six-under 134, which opened up a one-stroke lead, with Toshinori Muto (70) and Katsumasa Miyamoto (71) breathing down his neck.
Dr Singh's visit to Japan took place amidst wide-ranging media speculation that India and Japan, both neighbours of China, are trying to join hands to 'balance the mounting influence of China' in Asia, a newspaper report said.
He speaking in New Delhi on the occasion of release of a copy of India's Rurural Infrastructure Report prepared by National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
The Indian golfer, who was ranked as low as 376th during this year itself, made an unbelievable leap of 339 places.
Australia's Paul Sheehan won the Japan Open with a final round of even-par 71.
The Indian ace shot a two-under 69 on the opening day to be sole second at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic.
The ace golfer fell short by two shots in his quest to earn a US Open berth when he totaled 141 at the US Open sectional qualifying.
The ace golfer registered a three-under 67 that gave him a share of the sixth place at the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.
The Indian golfer shot a three-over 73 to move up from 18th to tied 15th spot at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.
The Indian golfing ace fired a one-under 71 in the second round of the Sega Sammy Cup on the\nJapan PGA tour.
Jeev Milkha Singh was nine-under 207 after three days and in joint lead with Japan's Shingo Katayama and K C Lin of Taiwan
The Indian golfer fired a three-under 69 on the second day of the Sega Sammy Cup in Hokkaido.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited the Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo ahead of the significant summit-level talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
On the second day of his Japan tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited two prominent ancient Buddhist temples in Kyoto -- Toji and Kinkakuji -- offering prayers and mingling with the common people and tourists.
India's volatile political mix has a new element - 'the Secularati' - that is adept at hijacking Muslim issues and running with them even before the community itself has formulated a response, says Hasan Suroor.
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