Future of Indian golf is bright, says Jeev Milkha Singh

Ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh Sunday said Indian golf is headed towards a bright future but stressed the need to have public courses readily available to the masses.

"The future of Indian golf is bright. It's great to see these young kids coming up, they have got a good mind, they are strong enough mentally to take on the world and play with best players," Jeev said on the sidelines of Habitat India charity golf tournament, organised to raise funds for widows of farmers in Maharashtra.

"And Shubhakar (Sharma), Anirban (Lahiri) ,Chirag (Kumar) and Shiv (Kapur) have proven it. I can keep naming players who have done it and in the future we are going to see a lot more (golfers) coming through who are going to make the country proud," he added.

Last year saw six professional wins for the country's golfers. Four of them were on the Asian Tour and two of them co-sanctioned by Europe and another by Japan.

"I feel the performance by the Indian professional golfers is awesome. That's the word .