He acknowledged the progress golf is making in India, as shown by the hosting of such tournaments and growing public interest, but said the nation needed to improve infrastructure. It is the second European Tour event being played in India inside three weeks, underscoring the country’s growing appetite for top-level golf. Indian Shiv Chowrasia won the European Tour event in New Delhi earlier this month, but Singh said more must be done to create a larger player pool. Most Indian courses are attached to clubs whose membership is difficult to get. read more

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Clearly, the Match Play Championship is the toughest of the WGCs to win, and it’s a testament to his ability (physical and mental) that Woods has won three times and reached the final another. But in the first three WGCs he won at Firestone, Woods never had to beat more than 40 players in 72 holes of stroke play. In his tour career, Woods has won 20 times against limited fields with guaranteed money. It’s not surprising then that Woods has won 24 tournaments on the PGA Tour (multiple times at 15 of them). Singh has won 23 different PGA Tour events and Mickelson has won at 19 tournaments. read more

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Select a region Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo California North California South Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Metro Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland,ME Portland,OR Raleigh-Durham Salt Lake City San Antonio Seattle St. The show explores Louis’ fights with Germany’s Max Schmeling that took on racial and political overtones on the eve of World War II. Schmeling’s victory over Louis in 1936 made him a darling of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Louis regrouped, beat James Braddock for the heavyweight crown in 1937, then knocked out Schmeling in the first round of their rematch in 1938. While he served four years in the Army and raised money for the war, the Internal Revenue Service hounded him for years over back taxes. Louis’ son, Joe Louis Barrow Jr. read more

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