New Delhi (The Hawk): On a petition filed by a member of the Khasi tribe contesting the Club's decision to ask her to leave the club because of her apparel, the Delhi High Court on Monday gave Delhi Golf Club time to record the most recent modified bylaws.On December 5, the woman received an apology, according to the club's legal representative. Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover, the woman's attorney, responded by arguing that the document they had submitted stated that they had not shown regret.The club's attorney had stated that he had been working on the case and would be seeking guidance because maintainability was also a problem.On the other hand, the Club's attorney said on Monday that one apology had already been extended.Adv. Grover said that it wasn't an apology and that they were blaming an employee even though they had placed it in their bylaws and the employee had obeyed them.According to the Club's legal counsel, the bylaws were modified in 2017.The subject will be heard again in court on December 20.(Inputs from Agencies)

On a petition filed by a member of the Khasi tribe contesting the Club's decision to ask her to leave the club because of her apparel, the Delhi High Court on Monday gave Delhi Golf Club time to record the most recent modified bylaws.

Delhi Golf Club gets chance to record new bylaws after Khasi tribe woman petitions HC

Mumbai News: Actress Swastika Mukherjee, who was recently seen in the streaming movie Qala, has alleged that she received threatening emails from the co-producer Sandeep Sarkar of upcoming Bengali film ‘Shibpur’ and his associates. She was allegedly informed that her pictures have been morphed and these images will be shared on pornography websites. Shocked at such a turn of events, Swastika has filed a complaint with regard to sexual harassment at Golf Green Police Station in Kolkata.

The actress has also reportedly reached out to the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association, along with scanned copies of these threat mails. While clarifying the nature of her association with the producer, the actor mentioned that she had never met the producer while shooting for ‘Shibpur’.

As per media reports, while the co-producer’s legal representative has denied his involvement in any such act they have also said that the actress took the step after she was instigated by the director of the film, Arindam Bhattacharya.

Co-starring Parambrata Chatterjee, ‘Shibpur’ is slated to release in cinemas on May 5. IANS

Actress Swastika Mukherjee has alleged that she received threatening emails from the co-producer Sandeep Sarkar.

Swastika Mukherjee Accuses Producer Sandeep Sarkar Of Sexual Harassment After Receiving Morphed Nude Images

Antwerp: Diksha Dagar slipped from the tied second position to end with a share of the sixth spot for her best finish of the season on the Ladies European Tour at the 2023 Belgian Ladies Open at Naxhelet Golf Club.
Diksha closed with a bogey on the 18th for an even-par 72 in the final round and finished in a tie for sixth place on Sunday.
Patricia Isabel Schmidt fired an excellent final round of 66 (-6) to win by two shots.
Starting the final round in tied second place, Diksha stayed close to the lead and was at one time just one off the lead after the turn. On the back nine, she gave away three bogeys against a birdie for 72 and finished in a big group at sixth.
India's other player to make the cut, Amandeep Drall shot 1-under 71 and finished T-24th, also her best finish this season.
Patricia from Germany sat three shots behind overnight leader Maria Hernandez on five-under-par after rounds of 71-68 on the first two days. She bogeyed third and fifth but she soon turned around her card.—IANS

Diksha Dagar slipped from the tied second position to end with a share of the sixth spot for her best finish of the season on the Ladies European Tour

Golf: India’s Diksha Dagar Finishes Sixth In The Belgian Ladies Open

<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">Jersey City: India's Aditi Ashok logged her third successive Top-5 finish in strokeplay events on the LPGA as she finished tied fourth at the Mizuho Americas Cup golf tournament. Olympian Aditi ended two shots behind the ultimate winner, Rose Zhang, who grabbed the title in her maiden tournament as a professional. Zhang shot 70-69-66-74 to be 9-under and beat Jennifer Kupcho (71-70-69-69) on the second playoff hole.
<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">Hae Ran Ryu was third, while Aditi, Japan's Ayaka Furue (69) and Korea's Eun Hee Ji (71) were tied for fourth.
<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">Aditi, who started the day at 9-under and tied second after the third round, twice reached double digits under par and was very much on course to a maiden win as she was also tied for the lead more than once.
<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">Then came a nightmarish stretch with four bogeys in a span of seven holes from the ninth to the 15th. That saw her crash to six-under. A fightback with back-to-back birdies on the 16th and 17th got her to 8-under but even at tied third, she was running out of holes. Aditi was 8-under and tied third at the 18th tee, but a bogey on that dropped her to 7-under and tied fourth as Hae Ran Ryu (70) was sole third.
<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">After just three bogeys over the first three days, Aditi dropped twice that number on the final day against four birdies.
<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">Aditi now finished tied-second (T-2), T-5 and T-4 in her last three strokeplay events on LPGA and she is already in the Top 20 of the Road to CME Globe (Order of Merit) and should be ranked higher than her previous career-best 49th in world rankings when the new list comes out in a day. Zhang, who had no birdies on the final day, bogeyed the fourth to drop from 11-under to 10-under and then dropped a shot on the 18th to fall to 9-under. Jennifer Kupcho, who started the day at 6-under and then rocketed to 10-under with birdies on the second and sixth and an eagle two on Par-4 seventh saw her get to 10-under alongside Aditi and Zhang.
<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">Then Aditi fell back but Zhang held on for pars till the final bogey. Kupcho bogeyed ninth and 12th but had a birdie in between on the 10th, though she was unable to find any birdies over the last six holes. Zhang and Kupcho went into a play-off at 9-under and both parred the first extra hole. On the second Kupcho found trouble and Zhang calmly two-putted for par as Kupcho failed to do so giving young Zhang a win in her first pro start and immediate membership to LPGA.—IANS

 India's Aditi Ashok logged her third successive Top-5 finish in strokeplay events on the LPGA 

Golf: Aditi Finishes Fourth For Third Top-5 Finish Of The Season On LPGA Tour

Seddiner See (Germany): Five Indian women golfers led by Diksha Dagar and Amandeep Drall will be in action at the Amundi German Masters. The other Indians include amateur Avani Prashanth, Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari.
Drall, who was runner-up at the Women's Indian Open late last year, plays with Linda Wessberg of Sweden and Anne Lise Caudal of France, while Diksha plays alongside Japan's Yuri Onishi and Iceland's Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir. Avani Prashant is in the opening group with the Thais Dolnapa Zukphokivanich and April Angurarasaranee.
Vani plays with Isabella Deilert of Sweden and Julie Boysen Hillestad of Norway, and Ridhima is paired with England's Florentyna Parker and Alexandra Swayne.
Last year Sweden's Maja Stark took the honours. Other players to watch will be Anne Van Dam and Gabriela Cowley as 15 Germans tee up this week.
Germany's Leonie Harm was the runner-up behind Maja Stark, while Olivia Cowan, winner of 2022 Hero Indian Open was just a couple of shots further back after a good weekend. The field includes Chiara Noja.
India's Aditi Ashok has been on top of the 2023 Race to Costa Del Sol, but she could be overtaken as she is not in the field this week.
—IANS<span style="color: rgb(53,53,53);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji;">

 Five Indian women golfers led by Diksha Dagar and Amandeep Drall will be in action at the Amundi German Masters. 

Golf: Five Indians including Diksha and Amandeep to tee up at German Masters

Singapore: Pranavi Urs made sure of making the cut, even as the play was suspended early on the second day of the Singapore Ladies Masters at the Laguna National Golf Course here. Pranavi was the only Indian of the three playing here this week to do so and she scored even-par 72 to be 3-over for 36 holes and was lying Tied-37th. She was tied at 60 after the first day. Avani Prashanth after a first-round 73 suffered two double bogeys in the 15 holes she had played. She was 3-over for the day and 4-over for the tournament and Tied-48th. Seher Atwal, whose 77 on the first day put her in danger continued to be in the zone as she was 3-over for the 10 holes she had played on the second day. She was 8-over for 28 holes and the cut was likely at 6-over. She was T-81 in the US $100,000 China LPGA event. Thailand’s Prima Thammaraks, who like Pranavi plays on the Epson Tour in the US, had the day’s best of 5-under 67 and grabbed the lead at 6-under. She held a one-shot lead over three players, Chinese Taipei’s Chang Tzu-Yi (70), Thai Pakin Kawinpakorn, who was 4-under through 14 holes, and China’s Sui Xiang, who was 1-over for the day through 12 holes. Pranavi opened with a birdie on the 10th and was bogey-free 2-under through 13 holes. A double bogey on the Par-3 fifth spoiled that run but she closed with pars on the last four holes. Avani playing in the afternoon had one bogey on the third but got a birdie on the sixth to turn in even par. With rain hanging over the Laguna, a double bogey on the 10th was followed by a birdie on the 12th before she double-bogeyed again on Par-5 15th. Play was suspended soon after that with Avani needing to come back to play her last three holes of the second round. Seher started on the 10th and began with a bogey before back-to-back double bogeys on the 16th and 17th seemed to end her hopes. Birdies on the 18th and the first gave her an outside chance in the last eight holes. Malaysia’s Genevieve Ling (72-68) made one of the big moves of the day with a 68 and rose 19 places to Tied-fifth at 4-under. Sherman Santiwi-watthanaphong (72) was also 4-under and tied fifth.—IANS

Pranavi Urs made sure of making the cut, even as the play was suspended early on the second day

Golf: Pranavi Makes The Cut In Singapore But Avani, Seher Are Yet To Finish Round

New Delhi: Asian Games-bound, Avani Prashanth, who is having a sensational season will lead the Indian team for the Espirito Santo Trophy competition for women at the World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) in October. The Indian Golf Union has also selected Nishna Patel and Mannat Brar as the other two players for the prestigious amateur event to be held in Abu Dhabi from October 25 to October 28.   A week before that will be the men’s competition for the Eisenhower Trophy and the IGU has named Yuvraj Singh, Shaurya Bhattacharya and Rohit as the three players. Shaurya has played at the Asia-Pacific Amateurs also and will again be playing the event in Melbourne this year.   Recent events at the WATC have featured over 50 teams from around the world. It is a stroke play event, in which the best two individual scores in each team count towards the final score. Avani, winner of the Queen Sirikit Cup individual title earlier in the year, has been in great form, having won the title at a pro event on the Ladies European Tour’s Access Tour. She became the first Indian to win a title on the LET Access Tour. Nishna Patel was runner-up at the APGC Juniors in Manila, where Avani had earlier achieved her Queen Sirikit success. Mannat Brar has also been in good form and contended at even the pro events on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour. Nishna and Mannat also played at the British Women’s Amateur this year. “Avani, Nishna and Mannat have performed superbly this season and we have great hopes from them. All our players have good experience with the IGU having sent them out of India for numerous events. Avani is also headed to the Asian Games, so we are quite excited,” said Brijinder Singh, President of the IGU. Yuvraj Singh, India’s top amateur, and Shaurya have had a lot of experience this season as also last year, having been sent for numerous events by IGU. Rohit has also been doing well on the domestic circuit. All three are playing the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time. (ANI)

Asian Games-bound, Avani Prashanth, who is having a sensational season will lead the Indian team

Golf: IGU picks strong Indian team for World Amateur Championships

New Delhi: A day after enjoying a tennis match in the ongoing US Open Grand Slam tournament, former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen indulging in a round of golf with ex-US President Donald Trump.
Hitesh Sanghvi, a Dubai-based Entrepreneur, shared a picture of Dhoni engaged in a game of golf with the former US President at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey.
“Golf with @mahi7781, @realdonaldtrump and @rajiv.knack. Thank you Mr President for hosting us,” Sanghvi wrote on his Instagram account.
In one of his Instagram stories, Sanghvi posted a video where both Dhoni and Trump can be seen playing golf together.
On Wednesday, Dhoni was seen in attendance at the US Open men’s singles quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev.
Earlier this year, Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to record-equalling fifth IPL title, beating Gujarat Titans in the final. He had played the entire IPL 2023 season for Chennai with a left knee issue which was also spotted to be heavily strapped.
After the IPL, he underwent a successful left knee surgery, which was done by Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala at a Mumbai hospital.
Dhoni’s successful knee surgery sparked optimism about his participation in the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League next year.
After 2023 IPL final, Dhoni had said he would return for at least one more season for the fans, if his body allows him to do so.&nbsp;
—IANS

A day after enjoying a tennis match in the ongoing US Open Grand Slam tournament, former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen

MS Dhoni spotted playing golf with former US President Donald Trump

Nassau (Bahamas): Golf great Tiger Woods is making a much-awaited comeback with the Hero World Challenge this week and he is both curious and excited to see how his ageing and injury battered body could tackle the task.
The 15-time major winner will be teeing off for the first time since withdrawing from the Masters after the first two rounds in April.
The American had a subtalar fusion surgery on his right ankle two weeks after his withdrawal to deal with the arthritis caused by injuries suffered in a major car accident in 2021.  The 47-year-old, who has been playing professional golf for more than 25 years, still loves to compete and has arrived at Albany with an aim to win the tournament he hosts.
“I love competing. I love playing. I miss being out here with the guys … and the overall banter,” Woods said at the media interaction while sitting alongside Hero MotoCorp executive chairman Pawan Munjal.  “What drives me is that I love to compete. There will come a point in time, I haven’t come around to it fully yet, where I won’t be able to win again … when it comes, I will walk away,” he said.  When asked if he can win again, Woods said: “absolutely.” Woods has chosen this tournament as his comeback event for the third time, considering it acts as a springboard for the following PGA Tour season. He is targeting competing in one tournament a month.  On walking the course over four days, Woods sounded confident of lasting the distance.
“I’m not concerned at all about walking it. As I said, I don’t have any of the ankle pain that I had with the hardware that’s been placed in my foot, that’s all gone.  “The other parts of my body, my knee hurts, my back. The forces go somewhere else. It’s just like when I had my back fused, the forces have to go somewhere.  “So, it’s up the chain. As I said, I’m just as curious as all of you with what’s going to happen. I have not done this in a while,” said the sporting royalty.  Woods was also expectedly asked about the proposed merger between PGA Tour and Saudi-backed Liv Golf, the framework for which was announced in June.  As a new member on the PGA Tour Policy Board, Woods’ opinion on the subject is of even more significance.  He is frustrated at the slowness of the process but was optimistic that the December 31 deadline could be met.  “I’m pleased at the process and how it’s evolved. I am also frustrated by some of the slowness and the governance change that we want to have happen.  “And December 31st is coming up very quickly, so there’s the timetable there that we would like to implement some of these changes that have not taken place.
“The guys, all the player directors have spent so many hours and worked tireless hours to make sure that we have the best deal for all the players that are involved, the entire PGA Tour,” said Woods, who was not pleased at all about the players not being consulted before the proposed merger announcement.  Nadal is extraordinary ============= Tennis superstar and his friend Rafael Nadal has visited the Albany Golf Course in the past to watch Woods play.  Nadal too is on a comeback trail and Woods can only get an extra dose of motivation seeing his friend’s steely resolve.  “Well, I think what Rafa, what he’s done is extraordinary. I mean, he won the Australian Open on a broken foot. The guy’s beyond tough and beyond competitive.
“He knows that Father Time is here. Every athlete faces it. Although some sports it happens faster than others, and unfortunately just like every sport, you get aged out.  “I don’t want to see him go. I never wanted to see Federer go, but that’s what happened. We should all enjoy watching him compete and watching him play and what he’s meant to the game, what he’s meant to all of us, just to see the passion of how he plays and why he plays.”
—PTI

Golf great Tiger Woods is making a much-awaited comeback with the Hero World Challenge this week and he is both curious and excited

Hero World Challenge: On comeback trail, Tiger Woods gets extra dose of motivation from friend Rafael Nadal

Bel Ombre [Mauritius]: Louis Oosthuizen won his second straight DP World Tour title in a matter of six days. A birdie on the 18th extended his 54-hole one-shot lead to two at the finish of the 2023 Mauritius Open. The win at the newly opened La Reserve Golf Links, of which he is a co-designer with Peter Matkovich, took Oosthuizen's tally of wins on the DP World Tour to 11.  Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open winner at St. Andrews, won the weather-hit Alfred Dunhill Championships which finished this Monday at Leopard Creek. Oosthuizen, who had three eagles a day earlier, was unable to produce similar magic but was gritty enough to card 3-under 69 and win by two. Oosthuizen aggregated 17-under and Laurie Canter (68) finished second at 15-under. The 36-hole leader, Sebastian Soderberg (63) who had the best round of the final day, was tied third alongside Daniel Brown (65) and Jacques P De Villiers (71), who at various stages seemed to challenge the eventual winner. Oosthuizen said, "Golf is the strangest thing," he said. "The last five weeks I've not done a lot with golf, I've played a few rounds and when I got to Leopard Creek I was working on a small little thing. I started hitting it really good and I know I'm putting well and then I just carried on with that momentum." On the final round, he said, "I started off very poorly and that errant second shot on 16 (bogey) made it interesting but I hit a few good shots coming in... I'm glad I held onto it." Oosthuizen, who had his family here for the week, was elated at his daughters being around. He added, "This the first event my daughters have been to where I won, this is very special." There were occasions when Oosthuizen's lead seemed to be in danger, but the 41-year-old veteran kept one hand on the trophy and did not allow others to get more than a sniff at it. Despite three bogeys, two of them quite early in the day, he rallied with six birdies and just one more bogey in the last 14 holes. The Heritage Brand Ambassador Marcel Siem (71) finished T-16, while the Defending champion Antoine Rozner (73) finished T-29 at 6-under, On the final day, Oosthuizen wobbled with back-to-back bogeys on the fourth and the fifth but the birdie on the sixth steadied him. Oosthuizen was back on track with a birdie on the ninth as he turned in even par 36.
There were threats from Laurie Canter (68) who reached 15-under and Sebastian Soderberg (63), who tried to make up for his third round 77, and Daniel Brown (65), who had five birdies in last seven holes. Yet Oosthuizen stayed in control as he birdied 10th, 12th and 15th and finally the 18th despite some challenge from his playing partner, Jacques P De Villiers, the World's 984th ranked player. De Villiers bogeyed the fourth but birdies on the fifth and sixth kept him in the race. De Villiers bogeyed the ninth and stayed one behind Oosthuizen. On the back nine, De Villiers made a big charge with three birdies in a row11th to 13th to push Oosthuizen. De Villiers reached 16-under after the birdie on 13th. Once again, Oosthuizen, also at 16-under, birdied 15th to stay ahead. When De Villiers bogeyed the 15th there was a two-shot swing as Oosthuizen picked a birdie. It seemed Oosthuizen was home and dry, literally, as the rains, which had been forecast for the day, too, stayed away. The lead was again cut to one after Oosthuizen's tee-shot and second shot at the 16th led to a bogey. De Villiers' parred. Then De Villiers chance was gone after he missed the green at the par-three 17th and took a bogey. Canter, at 15-under, could not take advantage of the par-five 18th as he signed for a bogey-free 68 to hand Oosthuizen a one-shot lead coming down the last. Oosthuizen took a two-putt birdie and extended the winning margin to two.  De Villiers (71) parred the 18th and finished in a tie for third. Soderberg twice held the lead and set the clubhouse target earlier in the day before the later groups came into the picture. Soderberg recovering from an opening bogey had ten birdies, including seven on the back nine. Brown was bogey-free in his 65, and had five of his birdies on the back nine. Schaper had five birdies between bogeys on the fourth and 17th to finish sole sixth. Three players Lyle Rowe (69), former champion Darren Fichardt (68) and Thomas Aiken (66) were tied for seventh at 12-under. John Catlin (66) finished 10th at 11-under.
—ANI

Louis Oosthuizen won his second straight DP World Tour title in a matter of six days. A birdie on the 18th extended his 54-hole one-shot lead

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