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About 13-15 Indian pros will try for one of the 40 cards that will be available for 2005 season.

There were 80 qualifiers from Stage One who are joined by 127 exempted players in this week's Finals at Palm Resort where they will battle for 40 Asian Tour cards for the 2005 season.

Some of the Indians in the field are:
Ashok Kumar
Shiv Kapur
Gurbaaz Mann
Digvijay Singh
Arjun Singh
Amritinder Singh
Feroze Ali
Rahul Ganapathy
Ranjit Singh
Uttam Singh Mundy
Vivek Bhandari
Amit Dube

INDIANS WHO ALREADY HAVE 2005 ASIAN TOUR CARDS:

Jyoti Randhawa (will divide time between Japan and big events in Asia)
Arjun Atwal (but unlikely to play in Asia this year except for an odd event)
Amandeep Johl
Rahil Gangjee
Harmeet Kahlon
Jeev Milkha SIngh (will divide time between Japan and big events in Asia)
Gaurav Ghei

Indians on US
Daniel Chopra
Arjun Atwal (conditional with about 18 starts)

Indians on Europe
Arjun Atwal (by virtue of his 2003 win, but will play mostly in US)

Indians will however figure in a lot of joint-sanctioned events between Asia and Europe. A win in one of them ensures a full card on both Tours.
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V Krishnaswamy wrote:There were 80 qualifiers from Stage One who are joined by 127 exempted players in this week's Finals at Palm Resort where they will battle for 40 Asian Tour cards for the 2005 season.
There are 217 players vying for the Asian tour card. First round scores for Indian players and top 3 players in the Final Stage Qualifying for Asian tour

1 Brad KENNEDY AUS 62
2 Robin HODGETTS AUS 65
3 Jason KING AUS 66

31= Ashok KUMAR IND 70
51= Rahul GANAPATHY IND 71
78= Kanwar SEKHON IND 72
98= Amit DUBE IND 73
98= A.S. LEHAL IND 73
98= Gurbaaz MANN IND 73
158= Sujjan SINGH IND 75
173= Naman DAWAR IND 76
190= Ajai GUPTA IND 77
190= P.S. GULERIA IND 77
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68= Amit DUBE IND 73 70
68= Rahul GANAPATHY IND 71 72
Only these two Indians have made the cut in the final stage of qualifying
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Wow so many people got the Q cards but only 2 made it. That's sad.
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A Very disappointing performance from Ashok kumar.. One more year of wilderness for him.. :(
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Swamy,

Can you update us with what is going on in Ashok Kumar's golf career? I share Kumar's thoughts about this talented golfer.
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Gaganjeet Bhullar and Chiragh Kumar won the silver medal at the Asian Games just the other day and on Wednesday (today) they will tee off in Thailand in the Asian Tour final qualifier.  Bhullar is 18 years old and Kumar is 22 and both plan to turn professionals after the Asian Tour qualifier.

Good luck.

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Chiragh Kumar also had a good tournament when he played Hero Honda Cup at Delhi. He was playing as an amateur and finished T10. With a good display at Asiad he has shown that his earlier performance was no flash in the pan. I'm looking forward to see how he does after he turns pro.

First day belongs to Ashok Kumar has he jointly leads the field with Australian Troy Kennedy.

Here are the first round results. Top 40 will get the 2007 card.

1= Ashok KUMAR India 66 -6
28= Gaganjeet BHULLAR India 69 -2
28= Sujjan SINGH India 69 -2
39= Rohit CHAUDHARY India 70 -1
39= Amardip MALIK India 70 -1
39= Chiragh KUMAR India 70 -1
============ Top 40 and ties Cut ===============
76= Karanjit SINGH India 72 +1
76= Gurbaaz MANN India 72 +1
76= A.S. LEHAL India 73 +1
98= Firoz ALI India 73 +2
98= Vikrant CHOPRA India 73 +2
98= Jaiveer VIRK India 74 +2
118= Vivek BHANDARI India 75 +3
148= Amit DUBE India 77 +5
158= Vishal SINGH India 78 +6
167= Rajiv Niranjan DATAR India 80 +8
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I hope Ashok kumar is able to realize the potential that we have been ravign ABOUT
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Yes, its high time that he captures full APGA card.

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Any idea why professional golfers are not allowed to participate in Asiad when professional tennis players are allowed ?

Would India's chances of medals been better if pro players were allowed ?
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After two rounds, 3 Indians in top 40. a six indians missed the cut including Jaiveer virk. 

Pos. Score -Par+ Name Represents R1 R2
1= 134 -9 Martin ROMINGER Switzerland 67 67
1= 134 -9 Craig SMITH Wales 68 66
3 137 -6 Troy KENNEDY Australia 65 72
4= 138 -5 Ashok KUMAR India 66 72
10= 139 -4 Amardip MALIK India 70 69
36= 142 -1 Gaganjeet BHULLAR India 69 73

--- top 40s make the tour

67= 144 +1 Gurbaaz MANN India 72 72
78= 145 +2 Sujjan SINGH India 69 76
78= 145 +2 Firoz ALI India 73 72
78= 145 +2 Rohit CHAUDHARY India 70 75
78= 145 +2 Vikrant CHOPRA India 73 72
92= 146 +3 Chiragh KUMAR India 70 76
92= 146 +3 Vivek BHANDARI India 75 71

Cut:-       

115= 148 +5 Jaiveer VIRK India 74 74
128= 149 +6 Karanjit SINGH India 72 77
138= 150 +7 A.S. LEHAL India 73 77
152= 152 +9 Amit DUBE India 77 75
164= 155 +12 Vishal SINGH India 78 77
167= 157 +14 Rajiv Niranjan DATAR India 80 77
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Not a good day for indians.  :( with Ashok kumar and  Amardip faltering to drop further.. Ashok really needs to pull up his socks or is in danger of missing the bus..


Pos. Score -Par+ Name Represents R1 R2 R3
1 203 -11 Ben LEONG Malaysia 70 68 65
26= 212 -2 Amardip MALIK India 70 69 73
26= 212 -2 Ashok KUMAR India 66 72 74
36= 213 -1 Gaganjeet BHULLAR India 69 73 71
65= 215 +1 Gurbaaz MANN India 72 72 71
71= 216 +2 Sujjan SINGH India 69 76 71
71= 216 +2 Vikrant CHOPRA India 73 72 71
91= 219 +5 Firoz ALI India 73 72 74
95= 220 +6 Rohit CHAUDHARY India 70 75 75
95= 220 +6 Chiragh KUMAR India 70 76 74
101 222 +8 Vivek BHANDARI India 75 71 76
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I agree with Kumar. Kumar (Ashok) need to really pull up his shocka :)

Ashok Kumar started on top but since then he has been sliding. He urgently needs to focus and stop this slide as he dosen't have much leeway to allow any further slipping. After two sub par round, Amardip Malik also faltered a little in the 3rd round. If he plays one more steady round without going over par, he should be in.
I'm pleased with Gaganjeet Bhullar. Afer a medal winning effort in Asiad, he is on the verge of another milestone. He is just 18 and decided to turn pro. He has played very well so far and given himself an opportunity. Being a teenager, he has nothing to loose and nothing to fear. Note that he won 6 out of 7 amateur events in India recently. He knows how to win, i.e. how to handle the pressure when stakes are high. So , if he keeps his focus, he could get a head start in his golf career. Go Gaganjeet!!!

22 year old Chiragh must be disappointed as he lost the plot in the last two rounds. After a bad second round, he needed a good solid round to raise any hope, but that did not happen.
The last four Indians, i.e. Firoz Ali, Rohit, Chiragh and Vivek Bhandari will need a super superhuman effort to go further from here. 

Gurbazz Mann, Sujjan Singh and Vikrant Chopra also need to go really low tomorrow. I hope at least one out of these three will make it.
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And Ashok kumar disappoints once again..  :(

Amardip Malik is the only indian to make the cut
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