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Manila: Indian golf legend Arjun Atwal believes the sky is the limit for the new generation of stars from his country and predicted the likes of Anirban Lahiri and Rashid Khan could win Major championships in the near future.<\/p>\nManila: Indian golf legend Arjun Atwal believes the sky is the limit for the new generation of stars from his country and predicted the likes of Anirban Lahiri and Rashid Khan could win Major championships in the near future.<\/p>\n
Atwal, Asia\u2019s number in 2003 and the only Indian to win on the PGA Tour, has marveled at the rapid rise of young talents such as Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar and last week\u2019s winner Rashid Khan in recent times.<\/p>\n
Lahiri, 27, and the 23-year-old Khan have already won twice on the Asian Tour this season while another Indian, S.S.P. Chowrasia, who won two weeks ago, sits alongside them in the top-10 of the region\u2019s Order of Merit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic,\u201d enthused Atwal who is competing in this week\u2019s US$1 million Resorts World Manila Masters presented by 918.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw Anirban winning in Macau and then Chow (Chowrasia) won at home and Rashid in Chiangmai last week. These guys are not afraid … they come out and are ready to win. It\u2019s great for Indian golf. They are fearless and I love that about them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now into his early 40s, Atwal was amongst the first generation of Indian golf stars who stamped their mark on the Asian Tour alongside Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa, who are both former Asian Tour number ones as well.<\/p>\n
The trailblazing trio won a combined four Order of Merit crowns and 21 tournament victories, which Atwal believes can be surpassed by the new generation of Indian stars.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were spurring each other on when we first came out. Jyoti would win and then I would win and Jeev would win. We were inspiring each other at that time and hopefully the young guys are inspiring each other now,\u201d said Atwal.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a country that\u2019s mainly crazy about cricket and golf is not really popular, I think we are doing okay. I think these guys can go as far as they want. They can play on the PGA Tour, win on the PGA Tour and why not the Majors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no limit for them. Anirban is only 27 and he\u2019s already won five times on the Asian Tour, which is ridiculous. I told him that he\u2019s better than what we were at his age. It\u2019s called evolution and they have to be better. They can\u2019t be just as good and I think it\u2019s limitless for these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Atwal has not set himself any goal at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club this week and will take the proverbial \u2018one shot at a time\u2019 approach in his hopes to contend at the Resorts World Manila Masters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got no goals this week, just coming in to see where the game is at. I was deeply disappointed in Macau recently … in the second round I had one bad hole and kind of threw myself out of the tournament. I\u2019ll just take it as it comes. I\u2019m also playing next week at the King\u2019s Cup in Thailand. So we\u2019ll build upon these two weeks and see where it goes,\u201d said the Indian.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hitting the ball okay. Last week I went to the US Qschool second stage and missed it there. But the game is feeling okay. The Asian Tour has been really good to me. Every time I\u2019ve asked for an invite, I\u2019ve got them on most occasions. But it\u2019s up to me, I\u2019ve got to play better and get my card from here or get back into the top-20 on the Career Money list (to get his playing rights on the Asian Tour),\u201d added Atwal, who is currently 23rd on the career list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manila: Indian golf legend Arjun Atwal believes the sky is the limit for the new generation of stars from his country and predicted the likes of Anirban Lahiri and Rashid Khan could win Major championships in the near future.<\/p>\n
Atwal, Asia\u2019s number in 2003 and the only Indian to win on the PGA Tour, has marveled at the rapid rise of young talents such as Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar and last week\u2019s winner Rashid Khan in recent times.<\/p>\n
Lahiri, 27, and the 23-year-old Khan have already won twice on the Asian Tour this season while another Indian, S.S.P. Chowrasia, who won two weeks ago, sits alongside them in the top-10 of the region\u2019s Order of Merit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic,\u201d enthused Atwal who is competing in this week\u2019s US$1 million Resorts World Manila Masters presented by 918.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n