October 30, 2006

Indian Golfer among top 100 world golfers

India's Jeev Milkha has won the Volvo Masters in Spain. This was his second ever European Tour title and second title this season. Singh, picked up a cheque of $840,855 - the biggest by an Indian in an individual sport.

The win also meant that Indians hold both the Volvo Masters titles - Shiv Kapur won the Volvo Masters of Asia in December and Jeev has added the European chapter.

The 34-year golfer, who became the first Asian to win in Europe, also made a huge leap of 28 spots in the Eurpoean order of merit list and sits pretty at 16th.

Jeev Milkha has jumped 70 places to occupy 77th spot in the world rankings. Among other Indians, Indian Open winner Jyoti Randhawa is on the 105 spot while Shiv Kapur is on 203. Gaurav Ghei occupies 229 position and Arjun Atwal is on 245 spot.

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October 08, 2006

Differences in Men's and Women's Golf Clubs?

Generally, most women's clubs are made one inch shorter in length for each club, and are designed with more loft on the face than men's clubs.

In addition, the shafts installed in women's clubs are more flexible than the shafts in men's clubs.