Despite finishing tied 64th, I wasn’t too unhappy with my outing at last week’s World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational. However, it will be a completely different matter at the PGA Championship, the fourth and final Major of the season, which is being played at the Hazeltine National in Minnesota this week.

At Akron, where Tiger Woods won a superb battle with Padraig Harrington to win his second title in as many weeks, I was playing after a long break as I recuperated from the inter-costal muscle injury. I wasn’t expecting too much from my game. I knew the rust of not touching a club for almost two weeks was bound to show.

However, I thought I did pretty well,... MORE »

Even though I did not play any tournament last week, it still turned out to be a very exciting one. I added a first against my name – I walked the ramp.

I agreed to become the showstopper for one of India’s biggest designers, Rocky S, who brought the curtains down on the Bangalore Fashion Week. I thought it would be something different and great fun, but as the date started getting closer, I had trepidations about the whole thing.

In the end, I thought it went pretty well and I got several compliments from some of the established models about the confidence with which I... MORE »

Stewart Cink is one of the nicest guys you can come across, but I must admit I was rooting for Tom Watson when the two went out for a four-hole playoff to decide the new Open champion at Turnberry.

Even though my head said it should be Cink coming out tops after the four holes - especially after he teed off with a two-iron on the first playoff hole which showed he just wanted to be patient, be in the fairway and not give his rival any undue advantage - the heart kept hoping Watson would somehow conjure some more magic and collect his sixth Claret Jug.

Had Watson beaten Cink, it really would have been the most remarkable sporting achievement of... MORE »

The injury in my ribs is feeling much better after a week-long rest in my hometown of Chandigarh. However, I must admit that the pain has not gone completely.

While in Chandigarh, I just relaxed and had some physio work done. I did not hit a single ball and that seemed to have done a world of good. But as soon as I reached the range at Le Golf National, where we are playing the Open de France Alstom this week, and hit a few balls, the pain was back.

I played the pro-am with an anti-inflammatory patch on, and it wasn't too bad. There was a bit of discomfort, but it felt much better than during the US Open time. And the... MORE »

Not for a moment do I regret my decision to play the US Open. I may have missed the cut in what turned out to be an extremely difficult draw for those playing the morning groups in the opening round, but I have surely come out a much wiser man from the experience.

As I have written before, I played despite an injury to my intercostal muscles. The only reason I risked further injury was because it was a Major championship, and I did not want to let go the opportunity. I was playing well and thought that if I could play without trying and hoping for too much, I might be able to post a good result.

But once the rain... MORE »