2006 AsianTour: VOLVO MASTERS Of ASIA: Jeev in Contention!

[ajay]

Asian tour moves to India for the second time this year. Big Indian contingent is led by stalwarts like Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur, Gaurav Ghei and Rahil Gangjee. Here are the names of Indian players by my best of knowledge. I may have slipped some name or I may have put some Indian looking other national in the list.

JYOTI RANDHAWA
SHIV KAPUR
RAHIL GANGJEE
GAURAV GHEI
HARMEET KAHLON
AMANDEEP JOHL
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA
DIGVIJAY SINGH
ARJUN SINGH
GURBAAZ MANN
UTTAM SINGH MUNDY
HARINDER GUPTA
AMRITINDER SINGH
JAIVEER VIRK
AMIT DUBE
P.S. GULERIA
KANWAR SEKHON
MUKESH KUMAR
ASHOK KUMAR
FIROZ ALI
VIJAY KUMAR
SHAMIM KHAN
C. MUNIYAPPA
AMARDIP SINGH MALIK
RANJIT SINGH
S. MADAIAH
SANJAY KUMAR
RAHUL GANAPATHY
VINOD KUMAR
YUSUF ALI
RAFICK ALI
SHANKAR DAS
SHIV PRAKASH
ALI SHER
SANDEEP SYAL
A.S. LEHAL
DINESH KUMAR
PAPPAN
VIVEK BHANDARI
SUJJAN SINGH
MOHAMAD SALIM  or MOHAMAD ISLAM  ??
RANDHIR SINGH GHOTRA
NAMAN DAWAR
VISHAL SINGH
NABIN MONDAL
SHEERAZ KALRA
R. SRINIVAS
HIMMAT S. RAI (A)
CHIRAGH KUMAR (A)
JASJEET SINGH (A)
GAGAN VERMA (A)
SHAURYA SINGH (A)
SIMARJEET SINGH (A)
TARU GHOGALE (A)
RAHUL BAKSHI (A)
MANAV JAINI
Arjun Singh CHAUDHRI
Gurki SHERGILL
Gaurav DIWAN
Monish BINDRA
Karanjit SINGH
Lalith KUMARA
G.S. SETHI
Shahid JAVED
MOHD Nawab
Arjun SINGH (K)
Rajiv Niranjan DATAR
Roop SINGH

[jaydeep]

Its long list this time, so I m not following them this week ..

Interesting to see performance of Jyoti, Shiv, Caurav and Rahil ... But I m more interested in good performance by Chowrasia.

[ajay]

Here are the day one performances. First round is not over yet and it will be completed tomorrow. Vijay Kumar is the clubhous leader on day 1 as he is tied with Simon Dunn at -6. . Jyoti Randhawa(-3) has kept his hopes alive for a win but Shiv Kapur looks to be in trouble as the projected cut is +1. Shiv will need to do better to make the cut in second round. Chowrasia(-3) did well too to finish high up in the leaderboard.


1
7
12
12
12
12
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
32
32
32
32
32
47
47
47
56
56
56
56
56
56
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
103
103
103
103
112
112
112
112
119
119
119
119
119
130
130
130
130
130
130
138
140
143
144
Vijay KUMAR  
Vivek BHANDARI  
Jyoti RANDHAWA  
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  
Chiragh KUMAR [A]  
C. MUNIYAPPA  
Harinder GUPTA  
Yusuf ALI  
Mukesh KUMAR  
Firoz ALI  
Tarun GHOGALE [A]  
Roop SINGH  
Amandeep JOHL  
Simarjeet SINGH [A]  
Mohd ISLAM  
Gaurav GHEI  
R. SRINIVAS  
Digvijay SINGH  
Shamim KHAN  
Naman DAWER  
Rahil GANGJEE  
Gagan VERMA [A]  
Gaurav DIWAN  
Rafiq ALI  
A.S. LEHAL  
Ashok KUMAR  
Sandeep SYAL  
Amritinder SINGH  
Shiv KAPUR  
Rahul GANAPATHY  
P.S. GULERIA  
Sanjay KUMAR  
Arjun SINGH  
PAPPAN  
Shiv PRAKASH  
Uttam Singh MUNDY  
Jaiveer VIRK  
Randhir GHOTRA  
Karanjit SINGH  
Harmeet KAHLON  
Sheeraz KALRA  
Ali SHER  
Shankar DAS  
Vishal SINGH  
Amardip MALIK  
Himmat RAI [A]  
Monish BINDRA  
Kanwar SEKHON  
Ranjit SINGH  
Arjun Singh CHAUDHRI  
S. MADAIAH  
G.S. SETHI  
Amit DUBE  
Manav JAINI  
Shaurya SINGH [A]  
Gurbaaz MANN  
Rajiv Niranjan DATAR  
Rahul BAKSHI [A]  
Dinesh KUMAR  
Jasjeet SINGH [A]  
Mohd NAWAB  
Nabin MONDAL  
Sujjan SINGH  
Gurki SHERGILL  
Arjun SINGH K  
Vinod KUMAR  
Shahid JAVED  
66
68
69
69
69
-3
70
70
70
70
-2
-2
-2
-2
71
71
71
71
-1
72
E
E
73
73
1
1
1
1
74
74
74
74
74
2
2
2
2
75
75
75
75
3
3
3
76
76
76
4
77
77
5
5
78
78
6
6
6
79
79
79
7
7
7
80
10
12
14
-6
-4
-3
-3
-3
-3
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
E
E
E
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
10
12
14-66
-68
(69)*
(69)*
-69
15
(70)*
(70)*
(70)*
-70
15
9*
9
9
-71
(71)*
-71
-71
15
-72
12
9*
-73
-73
15
12*
9
9
(74)*
(74)*
-74
-74
-74
15*
12*
9*
9
(75)*
(75)*
-75
-75
12*
9*
9
(76)*
-76
(76)*
9*
(77)*
-77
15*
15
(78)*
(78)*
15*
12
9*
(79)*
(79)*
-79
15*
15
9*
-80
15*
15*
15*

[jaydeep]

Second round is not over yet ... But good performance from Indians ... 26 players r inside making cut ... Vijay Kumar maintained his leading position, but with superb 7 under Chowrasia joined him ...

At Hero Honda Indian Open - Second Round 

T1 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA    69 65    -10 
T1 Vijay KUMAR    66 68    -10 
T5 Jyoti RANDHAWA    69 67    -8
T7 Rahil GANGJEE    71 66    -7
T7 Firoz ALI    70 -5    -7 15*
T10 Mukesh KUMAR    70 68    -6
T10 Chiragh KUMAR [A]    69 69    -6 
T10 Vivek BHANDARI    68 -2    -6 15* th hole
T15 C. MUNIYAPPA    69 70    -5 
T15 Gaurav GHEI    71 68    -5 
T26 Shiv KAPUR    74 67    -3 
T26 Harinder GUPTA    70 -1    -3 15 th hole
T31 Yusuf ALI    70 72    -2 
T37 PAPPAN    75 68    -1
T37 Simarjeet SINGH [A]    71 72    -1 
T37 Shamim KHAN    70 73    -1
T37 Digvijay SINGH    71 72    -1
T45 Sandeep SYAL    77 67    E
T55 Roop SINGH    70 75    +1
T55 Nabin MONDAL    78 67    +1 (145)*
T55 Harmeet KAHLON    75 -2    +1 15*
T55 P.S. GULERIA    74 -1    +1 12*
T64 Uttam Singh MUNDY    74 72    +2 
T64 Amandeep JOHL    72 74    +2
T64 Karanjit SINGH    75 71    +2 
T64 Naman DAWER    72 74    +2
----------- Projected Cut @ +2 -----------
T72 Ashok KUMAR    73 74    +3
T72 Gagan VERMA [A]    73 74    +3 
T72 S. MADAIAH    78 69    +3
T72 Shiv PRAKASH    74 73    +3
T72 Amritinder SINGH    73 74    +3 
T72 Ranjit SINGH    77 70    +3 
T72 R. SRINIVAS    71 +4    +3 15* th hole
T72 Randhir GHOTRA    75 E    +3 12  th hole
T85 Amardip MALIK    76 72    +4 
T85 A.S. LEHAL    75 73    +4 
T85 Mohd ISLAM    71 77    +4
T85 Arjun SINGH    74 74    +4
T94 Vishal SINGH    75 74    +5
T94 Sanjay KUMAR    74 +3    +5 12* th hole
T101 Ali SHER    76 74    +6 
T101 Jaiveer VIRK    78 72    +6
T101 Rafiq ALI    73 77    +6
T108 Kanwar SEKHON    77 74    +7 
T108 Gurbaaz MANN    77 74    +7 
T108 Rahul GANAPATHY    74 +5    +7 15 th hole
T108 Gaurav DIWAN    73 +6    +7 15* th hole
T113 Tarun GHOGALE [A]    74 78    +8
T113 Jasjeet SINGH [A]    79 73    +8 
T116 Shankar DAS    75 78    +9 
T116 Vinod KUMAR    84 69    +9 
T116 Sheeraz KALRA    75 78    +9 
T119 Monish BINDRA    76 78    +10
T119 Arjun Singh CHAUDHRI    77 77    +10
T122 Rajiv Niranjan DATAR    82 73    +11 
T122 Rahul BAKSHI [A]    79 76    +11 
T122 Himmat RAI [A]    76 +7    +11 15* th hole
T126 Manav JAINI    78 78    +12
T130 Amit DUBE    78 +7    +13 15 th hole
T135 Dinesh KUMAR    79 80    +15 
T135 Gurki SHERGILL    80 79    +15
T137 Sujjan SINGH    82 78    +16 
139 G.S. SETHI    77 84    +17
140 Shaurya SINGH [A]    80 82    +18 
141 Mohd NAWAB    81 83    +20 
  142 Arjun SINGH K    70      RETD 
  142 Shahid JAVED    74      RETD

[ajay]

From 67 Indians in the field, 26 of them move on to play during the weekend. Sad to see Ashok Kumar missing the cut. Both S.S.P.  and Rahil Gangjee made a good move up the leaderboard. Vijay Kumar also did good survive at the top of the leaderboard for second consecutive day.  Jyoti Ranhawa is lurking behind the leaders 2 stroke behind. It will be an interesting contest during the weekend.

[Prem]

Hope one of our fellows WINS on Sunday

[ajay]

As the second round closes, Harmeet Kahlon also missed the cut with 2 bogeys in last two holes. So that leaves 25 Indians in the field of 70 players. Good thing about 2nd round is that there are 6 Indians in the top 10 and 11 Indians in top 20. After first round, we had only only 2 Indians in top 10 and 6 Indians in top 20.

Here are some quotes from S.S.P. from a report at Asian tour website

Chowrasia, nicknamed "Chipputtsia", because of his magical short game nailed five birdies and an eagle.

A multiple winner of titles in India, he is a rookie on the Asian Tour this year and hit the headlines at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters in September where he led after the second round but was later disqualified for not signing his scorecard.
"I have got over the disappointment of the disqualification in Taipei. It is now something in the past. In fact I did not play in China last week just to take my mind off and it has helped a lot. I am more relaxed after having spent the week at home in Kolkata," said the Indian
His father was the green keeper at Royal Calcutta Golf Club and he was able to develop a brilliant short game as he lived next to one of the greens.

Chowrasia was five-under for the par-fives today helped by an eagle on the first. On the front nine, he had a dream run with three birdies between sixth and ninth.

Here are the final 25 players who are now playing the 3rd round

1
1
5
7
9
9
13
13
13
13
13
26
31
36
36
36
36
44
44
55
55
64
64
64
64

S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 
Vijay KUMAR 
Jyoti RANDHAWA 
Rahil GANGJEE 
Mukesh KUMAR 
Chiragh KUMAR [A] 
Harinder GUPTA 
Gaurav GHEI 
C. MUNIYAPPA 
Vivek BHANDARI 
Firoz ALI 
Shiv KAPUR 
Yusuf ALI 
PAPPAN 
Simarjeet SINGH [A] 
Shamim KHAN 
Digvijay SINGH 
Sandeep SYAL 
P.S. GULERIA 
Roop SINGH 
Nabin MONDAL 
Uttam Singh MUNDY 
Karanjit SINGH 
Amandeep JOHL 
Naman DAWER 
69 65
66 68
69 67
71 66
70 68
69 69
70 69
71 68
69 70
68 71
70 69
74 67
70 72
75 68
71 72
70 73
71 72
77 67
74 70
70 75
78 67
74 72
75 71
72 74
72 74
-10
-10
-8
-7
-6
-6
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-3
-2
-1
-1
-1
-1
E
E
1
1
2
2
2
2
134
134
136
137
138
138
139
139
139
139
139
141
142
143
143
143
143
144
144
145
145
146
146
146
146

[Kumar]

After a sizzling 8 under 64 jyoti took a one shot lead over "chow" and three strokes over simon Dyson. Six indian stilll in top 10 with amateur Chiragh Kumar dropping out of top 10 aftr 2 over 74.. and Gaurav ghei checking in at T4 (4 strokes off the pace) after 7 under 65.

[Prem]

Jyoti should be favourite here.
But, wont mind SSPC sneaking thru after the tragic events couple of weeks back.....

[Kumar]

I am also rooting for SSPC to sneak one through veterean Jyoti

[Kumar]

From the leaderboard, Looks like Jyoti, SSPC and Vijay kumar willbe battling out for the title in playoff...

[Prem]

From the leaderboard, Looks like Jyoti, SSPC and Vijay kumar willbe battling out for the title in playoff...

Yes - but Vijay has already bowed out in the play offs and thus leaving Jyoti & SSPC to vie for honours on Monday morning.
Cant understand how th eorganisers have scheduled the last round for not to be able to finish the event on Sunday.
Surely they should have kept a cushion for play offs...
So an Indian victory to savour..........

[ajay]

What a day for Indian golf!!!!!!!!!!!!  


Indian golf seems to be heading in the right direction. Three players topping an international tournament. What else could one ask for from a tournament held in India.  Future of Indian golf is rosy.
I really don't care who wins the tournament. Whether it is S.S.P or Jyoti. Both of them want this tournament desperately. Whether S.S.P wins it this time or not, he is a new revelation. He has been playing in Indian tour for quiet a while and occasionally in APGA, but this is new revelation in a sense that he proved to everyone that he can compete well at higher level too. In Taiwan, he was superb in two rounds and unfortunately he got disqualified. How he would have handled himself in the later two rounds, nobody knew. To his credit, he overcame that setback and hit back with more fire in his belly. So, even if he does not win tomorrow, he'll still come back strongly once again sooner or later.

And the other surprise result is the top 10 finish by amateur Chiragh Kumar. I am hoping that he is an upcoming young talent. Hopefully we will here more about him in future.

Read here the detailed report on the dramatic play in the fourth round, which will only conclude on the 5th day after a playoff between Jyoti Randhawa and S.S.P. Chowrasia (Vijay Kumar is already out in the first playoff hole).

As Vijay waited in clubhouse, the final group approached the par-3 17th, where Randhawa managed only a par with his 20-foot birdie putt stopping two inches short.

But, the smiling Chowrasia holed his 15-footer for birdie, his third in a row, to join Vijay in lead at 18-under.

Chowrasia had the honour of teeing off first on the 18th and his drive seemed headed left into the jungle which had devoured many an ambition this week.

That's when Chowrasia was aided by divine intervention as the shot hit a tree branch and bounced back into the first cut on the fairway. He laid up the second shot and reached the green in three to set up a 15-footer that would have given him the title.

Randhawa went for broke with a huge monster of a drive and his second shot went just over the green leaving him a chip from the edge for an eagle to give him sole lead. He made a brilliant attempt only to see it miss by less than a foot and he tapped in for a birdie to draw alevel at 18-under and set up a three-way tie.

Chowrasia had a 15-foot putt to win, but he pulled it ever so slightly and managed only a par to force a three-way play between the Indians, who had held centre-stage the entire week.

Here is another report, by our forum member V Krishnaswamy.
The greens are on fire
Randhawa, Chowrasia in extended playoff battle after a three-way tie

Here are the results:


Pos
1
1
1
5
7
10
12
16
21
21
21
33
40
43
50
51
57
57
57
60
60
64
64
67
69
Name  
Jyoti RANDHAWA  
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  
Vijay KUMAR  
Mukesh KUMAR  
Gaurav GHEI  
Chiragh KUMAR [A]  
Rahil GANGJEE  
Vivek BHANDARI  
Shamim KHAN  
Shiv KAPUR  
Digvijay SINGH  
Harinder GUPTA  
Firoz ALI  
Yusuf ALI  
Sandeep SYAL  
Simarjeet SINGH [A]  
PAPPAN  
C. MUNIYAPPA  
Naman DAWAR  
Uttam Singh MUNDY  
Amandeep JOHL  
P.S. GULERIA  
Karanjit SINGH  
Nabin MONDAL  
Roop SINGH  
R1 R2 R3 R4
69 67 64 70
69 65 67 69
66 68 70 66
70 68 66 72
71 68 65 73
69 69 74 67
71 66 69 74
68 71 70 73
70 73 70 71
74 67 69 74
71 72 67 74
70 69 74 74
70 69 76 73
70 72 72 76
77 67 75 73
71 72 73 77
75 68 73 78
69 70 79 76
72 74 74 74
74 72 75 74
72 74 73 76
74 70 81 74
75 71 77 76
78 67 77 79
70 75 82 76
To Par
-18
-18
-18
-12
-11
-9
-8
-6
-4
-4
-4
-1
E
2
4
5
6
6
6
7
7
11
11
13
15Hole/(Agg)
270
270
270
276
277
279
280
282
284
284
284
287
288
290
292
293
294
294
294
295
295
299
299
301
303

[jaydeep]

WOW ... What a performance by Indians ... I will be happy if Jyoti wins, but will be more happy if SSP wins the title ...

But with this top 3 finish SSP almost capture APGA 2007 season card ... Well done SSP.

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

Jyoti wins his second Indian Open titlel when he defeated S.S.P Chowrasia in the second play-off hole on Monday ... With this win Jyoti climbes to 14th position with $188,485.00 on the Asian Tour’s UBS Order of Merit and Chowrasia climbes to 36th position with $90,944.00. (60th player is Adam Groom (AUS) with $56,547.00)

At Hero Honda Indian Open - Final Stsanding (APGA Tour)

1 Jyoti RANDHAWA  69   67   64   70    -18   $63,400.00
T2 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  69   65   67   69   -18   $33,900.00
T2 Vijay KUMAR  66   68   70   66   -18   $33,900.00
T5 Mukesh KUMAR  70   68   66   72   - 12   $14,980.00
T7 Gaurav GHEI  71   68   65   73   -11   $10,160.00
T10 Chiragh KUMAR [A]  69   69   74   67 -9 ----------
T12 Rahil GANGJEE  71   66   69   74    -8   $6,760.00
T16 Vivek BHANDARI  68   71   70   73   -6   $5,520.00
T21 Shamim KHAN  70   73   70   71   -4    $4,320.00
T21 Shiv KAPUR  74   67   69   74    -4    $4,320.00
T21 Digvijay SINGH  71   72   67   74   -4    $4,320.00
T33 Harinder GUPTA  70   69   74   74   -1    $3,000.00
40 Firoz ALI  70   69   76   73   PAR    $2,680.00
T43 Yusuf ALI  70   72   72   76    +2   $2,360.00
50 Sandeep SYAL  77   67   75   73  +4   $1,880.00
T51 Simarjeet SINGH [A]  71   72   73   77   +5   ----------
T57 PAPPAN  75   68   73   78    +6   $1,440.00
T57 C. MUNIYAPPA  69   70   79   76   +6   $1,440.00
T57 Naman DAWAR  72   74   74   74     +6   $1,440.00
T60 Uttam Singh MUNDY  74   72   75   74    +7   $1,300.00
T60 Amandeep JOHL  72   74   73   76   +7   $1,300.00
T64 P.S. GULERIA  74   70   81   74   +11    $1,180.00
T64 Karanjit SINGH  75   71   77   76   +11    $1,180.00
T67 Nabin MONDAL  78   67   77   79  +13    $1,060.00
T69 Roop SINGH   70   75   82   76   +15   $980.00