I am playing the Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour this week, and would love to build up upon my good start in the match play last week.

The fans at TPC Scottsdale love their golf, and it is the best-attended golf tournament in the whole world. You just have to experience the party atmosphere around the amphitheatre-shaped par-3 16th to understand what I mean. It really is the ‘loudest hole in the world’. If you manage to hit a good shot here, the cheering that you get from the spectators is something that is going to remain with you for the rest of your life.

I did see and hear Tiger’s apology last Friday. I thought the guy meant it and... MORE »

This could just be the most life-changing week for me. On Friday morning, at 8.55am, Kudrat and I were blessed with a baby boy.

As we neared the all-important date, there were some very tense moments for the entire family. A few test results were not up to the doctor’s liking and Kudrat had to spend the past couple of weeks in hospital under observation. Having gone through the pain of losing our baby once, you can well imagine how even the slightest of negative news affected us. However, throughout this time, we had full faith in the Almighty and trust in the amazing doctors at the PGI Chandigarh.

In the end, everything went off well. Both mother and son are doing... MORE »

We are towards the end of the season and I am looking eagerly forward to the break. It has been a long year, which felt even longer because of the various injuries I had.

That’s how you feel when you are forced to sit back when you’d rather be out there playing. The days just seem to stretch. Injury is definitely the worst thing that can happen to an active sportsperson, but it is also something that you’ve got to expect. There is a very famous saying in India, which goes something like this: In a battlefield, only those guys fall who are riding on horses; not the ones who are crawling on their knees!

The reason I am talking injuries is... MORE »

I was really looking forward to playing the Frys.com Open, but unfortunately, I had to pull out of the tournament with an injured right ankle.

It is the same injury that bothered me last year around the PGA Championship. I thought I had gotten over it, but that’s apparently not the case.

Actually, I made the mistake of wearing the wrong shoes at Justin Timberlake’s PGA Tour event last week. I get special shoes from FootJoy, but the one I wore last week was not of the right specifications.

The ankle started feeling funny during Friday’s second round, and by the time I started warming up for Saturday’s third round, I had intense pain. I somehow finished the final two rounds there with... MORE »

The last few days have been remarkable for me. I guess the fact that I played so well at Turning Stone has everything to do with it.

The good news, even though it is not official at the moment and we will have to wait for the end of the season to get a confirmation, is that I have possibly secured my PGA Tour card for the 2010 season.

The final round of 8-under par 64 at the Turning Stone Resort Championship helped me finish tied seventh. That should help me earn enough money for the season to be inside the top-125 of the 2009 PGA Tour Money List. From what I have been told, the 125th player this season should earn... MORE »