London: Indian golfer SSP Chowrasia endured a topsy-turvy start, carding a one-under 71 on the opening day to be tied 23rd in the BMW PGA Championship here.
The two-time winner on the Asian and European Tours, Chowrasia had an eventful round with five birdies and four bogeys. India's other two challengers in the event, Gaganjeet Bhullar (74) and Jeev Milkha Singh (78) had a rough time in the first round. Bhullar was lying 77th and Jeev was 141st in cold and wet conditions.
James Kingston, playing on a sponsor's invite, made light of the cold and wet conditions at the Wentworth Club to take the first-round lead in the BMW PGA Championship with a sublime six-under 66.
He was one shot clear of Finn Mikko Ilonen and South African George Coetzee, with Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Scottish rookie Scott Henry and Austrian Martin Wiegele on four-under-par....
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04:05 PM, May 24, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Indian golfer SSP Chowrasia on Monday broke back into the top-20 of the Asian Tour Order of Merit, moving up to 18th after a strong showing at last week's Ballantine's Championship in Korea. The double Asian Tour winner had finished tied 11th on Sunday, a performance which contributed significantly to his earnings and helped him zoom up from last week's 52nd position in the Order of Merit. Chowrasia...
10:48 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: India's SSP Chowrasia was lying at third position after he shot a second straight 69 to be six-under at the end of the second day at Panasonic Open India here on Friday. Australian Wade Ormsby, seeking his first professional title, added a second straight 67 to move to 10-under 134, while Lam Chih-bing had a bogey-bogey finish to drop from 10-under to eight-under to be at second place...
10:22 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: SSP Chowrasia was the best placed Indian in sole fourth position, two shots behind the leaders, at the end of the opening round of Panasonic Open India here Thursday. There was a three-way tie for the lead as two Australians -- Kieran Pratt and Wade Ormsby -- and Singaporean Lam Chih Bing shared the top spot with rounds of five-under 67 each at the demanding and windy Delhi...
08:03 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The Avantha Masters this week is the only European tour event played in India. As many as 50 winners on the tour are here, but the focus is on the Indian challenge. ...
10:23 AM, Mar 13, 2013
SSP Chowrasia hasn't won a tournament now for two years as his last win infact was this tournament in 2011. ...
09:17 PM, Mar 12, 2013
SSP Chowrasia, Shiv Kapur, Gaganjeet Bhullar and title holder Anirban Lahiri will lead India's challenge. ...
04:01 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Jeev Milkha Singh slipped on the final day as he frittered away a good start to manage only an even par 72 at the Dubai Classic title. ...
08:24 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Meanwhile, Jamie Donaldson collected his second European Tour title in dramatic fashion. ...
08:53 PM, Jan 20, 2013
With that, the 34-year-old Indian took his total to five-under 211 after two rounds. ...
03:41 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Singapore: SSP Chowrasia carded a disappointing one-under 70 in the final round but was the best-placed Indian at tied 17th in the Barclays Singapore Open golf tournament here on Sunday. Chowrasia (70-69-71-70), playing his final two rounds alongside Louis Oosthuizen, was the only Indian to improve his position in the final round. He finished at three-under 281 and it was his third top-20 finish on the European Tour this season....
05:26 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Torino: Indian golfer Shiv Kapur played carded a second-round 69 to keep himself in contention at the BMW Italian Open here. Kapur, whose five-under 67 on first day put him in tied 10th place, is now tied 14th but is only four behind leader Richard Bland, who has played identical rounds of 66 on both the days. Meanwhile, SSP Chowrasia was done in by a triple bogey as he carded...
01:55 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Torino: Indian golfer Shiv Kapur struck four birdies in a row to register a five-under 67 and grab the joint 10th spot after the opening round of the BMW Italian Open here. The other Indian challenger in the field, SSP Chowrasia did not have a good day as he carded a one-under 71 to be tied 80th. The field was led by Swede Joel Sjoholm who put two missed cuts...
01:20 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Amsterdam: Shiv Kapur landed two eagles in his opening round of three-under 67 to be placed tied 11th after the first round of the KLM Open on the European Tour at the Hilversumsche GC here. His team-mate SSP Chowrasia carded a one-under 69 and was tied 31st after the opening day. Graeme Storm brought home a flawless 63 to reach seven under, putting him two clear of Martin Kaymer, who...
07:11 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Crans Montana: Indian golfer SSP Chowrasia posted a creditable three-under 67 to move to tied 32nd after the third round of the Omega European Masters here. The par for the course was changed to 70 after a par-four was converted to par-three on account of water-logging. Scot Richie Ramsay shot a six-under 64 to take the lead ahead of Paul Lawrie (67) and Danny Willett (68). Ramsay was 11-under with...
11:01 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Crans Montana: Seasoned Jyoti Randhawa and SSP Chowrasia made the cut, but Gaganjeet Bhullar dropped bogeys on the last three holes to exit at the halfway stage of the Omega European Masters golf tournament. Randhawa and Chowrasia turned out to be the only two Indians to make the halfway cut in testing conditions at the jointly sanctioned event between Asian and European Tours. Randhawa (68-73) is one-under and tied 46th,...
03:15 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Gleneagles (Scotland): India's Shiv Kapur birdied his final two holes to keep himself afloat for weekend action but his compartiot SSP Chowrasia missed the cut at The Johnnie Walker Championship here. Kapur had two successive rounds of 72 each to be tied at even par for 36 holes last evening. He was tied 50th. SSP Chowrasia missed the cut by one stroke after rounds of 74 and 71. Kapur, playing...
05:42 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Inverness (Scotland): SSP Chowrasia put himself in line for one of his best finishes on European soil with a second successive 67 that put him at 10-under 134 and in tied 5th spot at Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. His colleague Jeev Milkha Singh (66-70) is two behind and in tied 16th place. Chowrasia, one of the only three Indians to have won twice on the European Tour, had six...
04:22 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Inverness (Scotland): Indian golfers Jeev Milkha Singh and SSP Chowrasia made excellent starts at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open with rounds of 66 and 67 respectively here. In the week before the Open, Jeev had as many as nine birdies, but he also dropped a bogey and a double bogey. "Well it was a great feeling to come back with a round like that, even though the double bogey...
01:58 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Paris: Shiv Kapur overcame a double-bogey start to card a two-under 69 and move to tied 14th spot at the end of the second round of Alstom Open de France at the par-71 Le Golf National near Paris. Kapur, one over for the first round, is now one-under for two rounds and five shots behind the leader Marcel Siem, who carded successive 68s in the first two rounds. Also making...
02:29 PM, Jul 07, 2012
