GOLF

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok carded a three-over 75 in her final round to finish tied 27th at the Aramco Championship here, ending the week with an overall total of eight-over par.

Aditi dropped three bogeys in her final round — on the fourth, sixth and 17th holes — and with no birdies to offset them, signed off with a three-over par round.

She had earlier returned rounds of 74, 71 and 76 in the first three days.

Pranavi Urs carded a four-over 76 to finish tied 66th with a total of 17-over par (76-75-78-76), while Avani Prashanth returned a five-over 77 to end the week in 73rd position with an overall score of 21-over par (75-76-81-77).

Lauren Coughlin secured her third LPGA Tour title, with the 33-year-old ending her title drought since winning her second at the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open in 2024.

Coughlin carded a final round of even-par 72 to beat Leona Maguire and Nelly Korda to the title by five strokes.

-PTI

Yellamaraju finishes T-14 at Valero Texas Open

Sudarshan Yellamaraju continued his fine run this week, finishing T-14 with a score of 10-under par (69-73-66-70) at the Valero Texas Open here.

Yellamaraju put together a bogey-free third round of 6-under 66, including six birdies despite rain interruptions and followed it up with a 2-under 70 final round to climb up from T-41 on the leaderboard when play was suspended on the third day to T-14 by the end of the week.

The final round included birdies on the 14th, 15th, fourth and sixth holes, and later two consecutive bogeys on the eighth and ninth holes to close the round, costing Yellamaraju miss out on his third straight top 10 finish.

All eyes were focused on Robert MacIntyre and Ludvig Aberg when play was suspended on the third day. The two looked to be in a dominant position with less than two rounds left to play.

However, it was a different story as JJ Spaun (69-69-66-67) finished the week at 17-under par after carding 6-under 66 for the third round followed by 5-under 67 to win the title by one shot as MacIntyre (66-64-72-70) finished the week in T-2 alongside Matt Wallace (71-69-64-68) and Michael Kim (72-65-66-69).

-PTI

India’s latest super star Kochhar all set for Mauritius after a fine show in Japan

Fresh from a brilliant week in Japan, Karandeep Kochhar is excited about getting to Mauritius for the IGPL Invitational 2026, hosted by Leander Paes, which is the start of the 3-leg Africa segment of the event.

The Africa leg will feature events in Mauritius, South Africa and Congo, besides one event in each of the franchise’s cities, plus two more international events.

The team format will see the two best scores being counted for each round, and the points will accumulate through the season to decide the top finishing teams among the 10 franchises. The individual winners, apart from prize money, also play for positions on the IGPL Order of Merit, which can earn them spots in the $2m International Series events across Asia, Africa and Europe.

The season-long International Series Rankings in turn provides a direct pathway to the LIV Golf League.

The 27-year-old Kochhar, who is flying in straight from Japan to Mauritius, finished tied-fifth in Japan for his second top-5 finish in three starts on the Asian Tour this year.

He is also keen to add to his tally of IGPL wins after his success at the Dubai event.

Even as he got himself ready for the event, Kochhar said, “I am excited about getting to Mauritius. I played there some years ago (2019) in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at the Anahita Course, when it was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. And now to be getting there for the IGPL at the same golf course is awesome.”

Kochhar commented, “I have said earlier also that to put together a Tour like the IGPL, which started not even a year ago, actually six months, and to have associations like the one with the International Series and bring events to Mauritius shows how strong the leadership is. It is awesome and kudos to the leadership and international Series, Liv Golf, and everyone involved.”

-PTI

FOOTBALL

CISF men’s team secures All India Police Games title

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) secured the 74th BN Mullick Memorial All India Police Games Football Championship title after beating Goa Police 1-0 in the final at Hyderabad on Sunday.

CISF emerged as champion among a strong field of 35 teams, clinching the coveted gold medal for just the second time.

Adding further pride to the Force, the CISF women’s team, which has been recently constituted, delivered an impressive performance by securing the bronze medal among 9 participating teams. The team defeated SSB 2–0 in the third-place playoff.

-Team Sportstar

Published on Apr 06, 2026