2005 ASIAN TOUR: Volvo Masters of Asia

*sridinats* · Post by ***sridinats*** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:09 am

Digvijay Singh has made a great start....He got 2 eagles and a birdie in the first 9 holes he has played includin an eagle on the huge par 6 fourth hole where people thru the weekend have been gettin a lot of double bogeys and bogeys....He has moved up to 9 th along side harmeet after starting out on 26th!!..Even Gaurav Ghei made an eagle on the fourth hole which has pushed him up significantly from 26th to 15 as of now.
Sridhar

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:36 am

Shiv [-15] on the verge of winning

He is on the last hole with one stroke lead on Chinarat PHADUNGSIL [A] (-14) . He just need a par and hope that Jaidee (two strokes behind at -13) dosen't make an eagle.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:36 am

Rookie Shiv Kapur needs to PAR last hole to captured his first APGA title ... Currently he is in lead by a stroke on second place Chinarat PHADUNGSIL, who already completed his round ... Go Shiv win title where u was leading from first round.

But What a day for Indian players on APGA tour ... 4 players in top 10 and total 6 players in top 20 ...

1 Shiv KAPUR 66 68 72 -2 -15 ( After 17 hole)
4 Harmeet KAHLON 71 69 71 69 -12 (280)
9 Amandeep JOHL 73 71 68 70 -10 (282)
10 Rahil GANGJEE 71 73 69 70 -9 (283)
12 Gaurav GHEI 74 71 70 69 -8 (284)
18 Digvijay SINGH 73 73 69 70 -7 (285)
31 Ashok KUMAR 71 72 75 70 -4 (288)
44 Firoz ALI 76 71 71 72 -2 (290)
48 Mukesh KUMAR 73 71 72 75 -1 (291)
63 Arjun SINGH 73 72 74 77 +4 (296)

Jaydeep.

Ed. Ajay
The final positions:

2 Shiv KAPUR IND 66 68 72 72 $278.00 -14 $47,250.00
4 Harmeet KAHLON IND 71 69 71 69 $280.00 -12 $14,830.00
8 Amandeep JOHL IND 73 71 68 70 $282.00 -10 $8,820.00
9 Rahil GANGJEE IND 71 73 69 70 $283.00 -9 $6,770.00
12 Gaurav GHEI IND 74 71 70 69 $284.00 -8 $4,785.00
18 Digvijay SINGH IND 73 73 69 70 $285.00 -7 $3,695.00
31 Ashok KUMAR IND 71 72 75 70 $288.00 -4 $2,538.00
44 Firoz ALI IND 76 71 71 72 $290.00 -2 $1,770.00
48 Mukesh KUMAR IND 73 71 72 75 $291.00 -1 $1,530.00
63 Arjun SINGH IND 73 72 74 77 $296.00 4 $1,005.00
108 Vivek BHANDARI IND 75 79 154 8
Uttam Singh MUNDY IND 78 RTD RTD

vishnureddy · Post by **vishnureddy** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:37 am

Kapur(-15) leading Jaidee(-13) by two strokes with the last hole to play . Chinarat finished at -14. So C'mon Shiv, just a par required here

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:47 am

What a way to fight back by Kapur after making a triple bogey on par three 3rd hole.

Keeping my fingers crossed as he plays the 72nd hole with a one stroke lead.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:53 am

Shiv makes a bogey on 72nd hole and is now tied for 1st place. Play off time.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:54 am

And under presure Shiv made bogey on final hole ... So now play off between Shiv Kapur and Chinarat PHADUNGSIL ... C'mon Shiv win the title ... Whole week Shiv was struggling on final 4 holes and today also 18th hole put him down ... Go Shiv.

Jaydeep.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:57 am

I guess Shiv can handle pressure better than Chinarat as the later is still an amateur. Go Shiv!!

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:29 am

Shiv kapur lost in the playoff.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:42 am

May be next time. Go Shiv!

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:33 pm

Sad end to a great tournament for Shiv Kapur. He led all the way until someone caught him on the final hole! Terribly sad that he lost the playoff in the end.

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:29 pm

what a disappointment for Shiv.. And to lose to amateur!!! that should really hurt...

But this is what makes one a champion.. WE will have to wait and see how he comes back from this !!!

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:09 pm

Kumar wrote: what a disappointment for Shiv.. And to lose to amateur!!! that should really hurt...

But this is what makes one a champion.. WE will have to wait and see how he comes back from this !!!

You can add - to lose to amateur, a 17 yr old boy!!!!

Well, this 17 year old amateur Chinarat didn't beat only Shiv, but many other Asian stalwarts. So he played some game in this tournament and it must be respected. Note that its a different ball game when you have nothing to loose and you play without pressure, compare to when you are expected to win. Chinarat was already in the clubhouse and he was never under pressure. Shiv beat all those big name players who were expected to win. So no shame on loosing to this amateur, who is the reigning World Junior Champion. So he looks a genuine talent who must be watched over time.

NOte that Shiv lost the playoff on 18th - a hole that gave too much problem to Shiv as he bogeyed it in 3rd and 4th round. This hole in general yielded many birdies. So a playoff on 18th must have put more pressure on him.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:39 pm

jaydeep wrote:But What a day for Indian players on APGA tour ... 4 players in top 10 and total 6 players in top 20 ...

Yes! This is great!!!

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:49 pm

Harmeet Khalon, with a T4 performance ensures 2006 card. Amandeep Johl is also very close to securing a card.

Asian Order of Merit:

Rank Player Events Money Deficit
1 Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 23 $451,920.00
2 Thongchai JAIDEE (THA) 10 $386,120.00
3 Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) 8 $223,660.00
15 Jeev Milkha SINGH (IND) 10 $116,478.00
17 Shiv KAPUR (IND) 18 $114,503.00
43 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 17 $70,952.00
44 Harmeet KAHLON (IND) 20 $65,488.00
60 LIN Keng-chi (TPE) 8 $50,982.00
========== CUT OFF ===========
62 Amandeep JOHL (IND) 20 $49,211.00 $1,771.00
70 Ashok KUMAR (IND) 6 $41,658.00 $9,324.00
74 Arjun SINGH (IND) 13 $38,895.00 $12,087.00
84 Digvijay SINGH (IND) 11 $32,019.00 $18,963.00
93 Uttam Singh MUNDY (IND) 12 $26,191.00 $24,791.00
85 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 18 $31,369.00 [2006 Card secured by virtue of winning a tournament in 2004]
105 Mukesh KUMAR (IND) 8 $16,182.00 $34,800.00

*Top 60 gets 2006 Asian tour card