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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Bhatia rises to third at the Memorial, Scheffler is fourth
Dublin May 31 Indian-American golfer Akshay Bhatia carded a 3-under 69 in the second round to climb to third place at the Memorial Tournament, putting himself in strong contention at the halfway stage. Bhatia, who is looking for a PGA Tour win for the third year running and was T-7 after the first round, is now 5-under. Bhatia has had five Top-10 finishes between November and March but hasn't been able to finish that close since his third place at the Players. The World No. 31 had five birdies against two bogeys, which came in the middle of the round on the ninth and the 11th. Two of his birdies came with putts of 28 feet on the third and a 22-footer on the 12th. He had a good all-round showing finding 10 of the 14 fairways and 12 of the Greens in regulation and when he did miss the fairway or the green, he scrambled well. Bhatia trailed the in-form Ben Griffin and Nick Taylor who are both co-leading at 7-under. Bhatia was two shots behind the leaders and was followed by defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who carded his second consecutive 2-under 70. Scheffler missed a trio of birdie chances inside 10 feet on the front nine and also hit a wedge into the water on the 14th for bogey. Indian-American Sahith Theegala coming back to action after missing a week due to neck strain, missed the cut with rounds of 74-77 as only Top-50 and ties made the weekend from a field of 72. Also missing out was Indo-British Aaron Rai Taylor had a great day as he putted for a birdie on all but one hole and kept bogeys off his card. He had a 4-under 68. He faced the worst of the weather, a rain that wouldn't stop. Griffin caught a slight break in the afternoon when the rain relented and Muirfield Village was soft. He had 16 pars, a birdie and a bogey for a 72 that put him at 7-under 137. Signature Events normally do not have a cut, but player hosted events — Jack Nicklaus in this case — have a 36-hole with Top-50 and ties moving into the final two rounds. The cut fell at 5-over 149, and that included Hideki Matsuyama. Only 11 players remained under par.
Hans India
3 days ago
- Sport
- Hans India
Akshay Bhatia makes a good start, Tied-seventh at the Memorial
Dublin (USA): Akshay Bhatia overcame a double bogey and two other bogeys on a demanding golf course with dense rough to shoot a creditable 2-under 70 in the first round of the Memorial Tournament. The Indian-American golfer, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, was Tied-seventh and lying five shots behind the in-form Ben Griffin (65), who won last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge and continued that form here this week. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler was not at his best but still shot 70 at Muirfield Village. The other Indian-American in the field, Sahith Theegala, coming back from a neck strain, which forced him to miss an event, shot 2-over 74 and was Tied-31st, while Aaron Rai, the Indo-British star, was T-68 after a round of 79. Bhatia, who was T-3 at the Players, and then ninth and T-9 at Mexico and Genesis in successive starts, made a good start, Bhatia opened with a birdie but promptly gave that shot back on the next hole. A birdie on the fifth was followed by a double bogey and a birdie as he closed the front nine with an even-par 36. He began the back nine well with birdies on the 11th, 14th, and 15th but gave away a bogey on the 18th as he missed a 10-foot par putt. Theegala was one-under for the front nine with a 45-foot birdie putt on the sixth. On the back nine, he bogeyed the 10th and double-bogeyed the 11th after going into the water and then into the rough. He bogeyed the 13th, too, but picked a birdie on the 14th with a 25-foot birdie. On the Par-3 16th, he hit his tee shot to nine inches and holed for a birdie but again dropped a shot on the 18th for a 2-over. Rai had three birdies, two bogeys, and an incredible four double bogeys for 7-over 79. Griffin showed great form, shooting 65 despite hitting twice into the water. Griffin just kept making birdies, along with an eagle on the par- 5 seventh hole with a 3-wood into 12 feet. Griffin led by two shots over Collin Morikawa, with Max Homa another stroke behind. Only 13 players broke par in a gentle wind but the course, at Muirfield Village, had dense roughs like the US Open, which is scheduled next week at Oakmont. Shane Lowry played alongside Griffin and had a 69, one of only six players to break 70.
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
An exhibition of textile labels at MAP-Bengaluru reveals the history of branding and advertising in India
During the Indo-British textile trade, between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, a few unique textile labels emerged. They were were known as tikats, tikas or chaaps. They were not simple tags attached to fabric, they carried imaginative and colourful visuals. Today, these textile labels are being seen as cultural and historical markers. Four hundred such labels are on display at 'Ticket Tika Chaap, The Art of the Trademark in Indo-British Textile Trade', an ongoing (till November) exhibition at Museum of Art And Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru. Curated by Shrey Maurya, research director-MAP Academy and Nathaniel Gaskell, author, editor and co-founder-MAP, the exhibition features labels, correspondences between merchants and trademarking officers in England, stamp markings that were applied on bales of clothes and a few photographs. MAP has a collection of 7,000 textile labels and Shrey and Gaskell took up the subject as an yearly curatorial project. 'Popular art is something we wanted to look at this year. It took us close to two years to put the exhibition together. A year-and-a-half was largely spent on researching and looking at images,' shares Shrey. The labels carry diverse visuals — dancing elephants, portraits of maharajas, deities, women in traditional attires, symbols of industrialisation such as fans, telephones and buses, British imperialistic symbols, religious iconography and photographs of Indian merchants. All tickets have a well-defined margin with names of the business printed on them in English and regional languages. The curators went through 7,000 images and categorised them into subject-based groups. 'It was exhausting but it opened up a whole new world. The visuals on the labels had a meaning and seemed to hold within them several untold stories from the past. The creativity that had gone into making them led us to the history of branding and advertisement,' says Shrey. She adds not much has been written about textile labels in the art-historical context except for a few by the likes of Jyotindra Jain, Kajri Jain and the Tasveer Ghar Project. While putting together the exhibition, the curators constantly thought about the people and processes behind the creation of these labels. 'It was truly intriguing. Not just the trademarking process and printing, we wondered how they came up with the idea of images on labels and who would have drawn them. There is no record of the artists.' Shrey shares that the images are representative of their times. 'Tickets are reflective of society, culture, rituals, lifestyle and choices of people then. Also, the print revolution brought about an explosion in imagery as seen on these labels.' The tickets were designed and printed in England and attached to fabrics sold directly by major British cotton mills such as Graham Co., Manchester or a few Indian merchants, who bought clothes from them and sold them under their name. The exhibition also has on display the correspondence between a Gujarat-based trader and the printing establishment in Britain. The trader's letter says: 'This is the design I want; please make it and send it to me'. 'Most merchants based in India were writing to printers in Manchester to create labels for them,' says Shrey. The registering and trademarking process was a time-consuming one and happened through letters and telegraphs. 'There was a risk of rejection. The trademark office's role was to make sure that the designs were different to avoid fight among merchants claiming that someone was trying to sell goods under their name.' Shedding more light on the process, Shrey points out the fine network among people involved in the creation of tickets. She cites the example of the correspondence between a Gujarati merchant and a trademarking officer. 'Since the trader had mentioned the design specifications in Gujarati, the printer sends the letter to an expert in Oriental languages for translation.' Maurya also highlights a ticket that is an exact copy of an artwork done by the American artist, Maxwell Parrish in 1909 called 'The Lantern Bearers'. 'Somehow that image makes its way to England, where an artist takes the drawing and replaces the figures in them with saree-clad women for Indian customers. Despite lack of technology, it's interesting to note that these people were not working in a vacuum, there was enough interaction and exchange happening,' says Shrey. (The exhibition is on at MAP, 22, Kasturba Road, Bengaluru, till November 2025.)
The Print
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Print
Akshay Bhatia makes good start, lies 11th at Charles Schwab
Aaron Rai, the Indo-British player on the PGA Tour, shot even par 70 with one birdie and one bogey to be tied 57th. Bhatia, currently ranked 30th in the world, was as high as 21st previously. Fort Worth (US), May 23 (PTI) Indian-American golfer Akshay Bhatia overcame back-to-back bogeys on his second nine but still carded 3-under 70 and was placed tied 11th in the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial here. Two-time PGA Tour winner Bhatia finished fourth behind Scheffler at Hero World Challenge and third behind Rory McIlroy at the Players this season and he had five birdies, four of them in his first 10 holes after starting from the 10th. Bhatia bogeyed the fourth and fifth and had another birdie on the closing hole, the ninth and is four shots behind the leader, rookie John Pak (63). World No. 1 Scheffler shot 68 and was tied 20th. Scheffler, recent winner of the PGA Championship, his third major, began eagle-birdie by holing a putt for eagle from off the green on the par-5 first hole and a 23-footer for birdie on No. 2. But he had just one more birdie against two bogeys for a 2-under 68 and was tied 20th. Pak shot 63 for a three-shot lead over nine players, J.J. Spaun the highest-ranked among them at 27th. Tommy Fleetwood and 2023 Open champion Brian Harman were among a group of nine players four back of Pak, and Scheffler headlined the 15 players who were five strokes behind. Defending champion Davis Riley, who is playing the first two rounds with Scheffler, had two double bogeys on the front nine and shot 3-over 73. Jordan Spieth shot 69 with birdies on two of his final four holes. PTI Cor AH AH This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Hans India
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Golf: Indian-American Bhatia tied third after 63 in first round of Truist Championship
Flourtown (USA): Akshay Bhatia started off the Truist Champion with a round of seven under par 63 at The Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course). The Indian-American Bhatia sits tied third alongside Rickie Fowler, Colin Morikawa and Sepp Straka. Bhatia, who was third at the Players this year, is two behind the leader Keith Mitchell (61) and one behind Denny McCarthy (62). Indo-British Aaron Rai played five under par and sits tied 11th, while another Indian-American Sahith Theegala, played one-under par 69 and is placed tied 55th on the first day. Mitchell, who is one of the four sponsor exemptions this week, shot 61 that shattered the course record at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. The previous Wissahickon Course record of 65 was shared by Colin St Maxen, Zac Blair and Angus Flanagan. Bhatia had 10 birdies, the best in the field, and three bogeys in his 63. Starting on the back nine, he birdied the 10th with a 19-foot birdie before dropping a shot on the 11th hole. Following this, Bhatia made five consecutive birdies from the 13th to the 17th hole. On the front nine of the Wissahickon course, Bhatia dropped a shot on the first hole before making a run of three consecutive birdies between the fourth and sixth holes. He dropped another shot on the eighth hole and closed with a 13-foot birdie on the ninth hole. Bhatia's putting was made possible after some good iron play helped in the low score. He was tied first for putts per green in regulation. Rory McIlroy, making his first individual start since completing the career Grand Slam at the Masters, had a 66 and was one of 64 players who beat par in the sixth $ 20m Signature Event of the PGA Tour season.
