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

[Sandeep]

Thanks Krishnaswamy for summarizing things inspite of your busy/hectic schedule.

[BSharma]

It is always nice to hear from Swamy, and congratulations to him for finishing his book on Indian golf courses.

Indian golf is once again looking up and it will be exciting to read about the Indian golfers on the PGA, EPGA, JPGA and Asian Tours.

[V Krishnaswamy]

Thanks for the nice words. By the way, Asian Golf is going through the roof. Singapore Open has signed for US $ 3 million this year and I believe quite a few other events are raising the purses.
I get the feeling sponsors feel the scene in Europe and US is getting saturated and Asia is the growing market and golf is looking good. In fact a quick look at Asian Q-School first stage shows so many Americans and Aussies flocking to Asia. The final stage will see large number of Aussies and almost 10-15 Indians.
Next we wait for Royal Trophy.
Cheers.

[India1989]

I wish you happy new year swamy and also good luck for your tour. Hope this year is successful for you. That's a busy schedule but I am sure that you are going to do good.

I hope the Indian golf is really successful this year.

[Kumar]

Any ideas on whatz happening with our indian qualifiers?

[jaydeep]

Kumar our no player is participate in first stage of Asian Tour 2006 Qualifying ... All other regular members will be participated in Final Qualifying Stage for Asian Tour 2006 from 11th January to 14th January at Palm Resort Golf and Country Club, Senai, Johar, Malaysia.

Jaydeep.

[ajay]

A disappointing qualifiers for Indians is over. This week Asian tour resumes the regular tour tournaments. IMO, Asian tour goes to our neighbor Pakistan for the first time in the tour history. (will the weather permit the normal tournament? Probably, Karachi weather will be more cooperative than Lahore)

JeevMilkha Singh will lead the Indian contingent in Pakistan.


JEEV SINGH
RAHIL GANGJEE
GAURAV GHEI
HARMEET KAHLON
AMANDEEP JOHL
ARJUN SINGH
DIGVIJAY SINGH
UTTAM SINGH MUNDY
JAIVEER VIRK
GURBAAZ MANN
AMRITINDER SINGH
S.S.P CHOWRASIA
HARINDER GUPTA
RAHUL GANAPATHY
A.S. LEHAL
KANWAR SEKHON
ASHOK KUMAR
SUJJAN SINGH
NAMAN DAWAR
VIVEK BHANDARI
ROHTAS SINGH
VIKRANT CHOPRA
JAIDEEP PATWARDHAN

WOW!! Look at the number of indians participating in this tournament. Almost two dozen Indians.
Go Indians!!! At least one of them get a victory on the Pakistan soil!!

[*sridinats*]

Phew...thts a lot of Indian ppl in tht list......Since it's right next door i hope our forum member Swamy wud be there to cover the event...but then he seems to hve a hectic schedule right now coz so many news channels want to have him come over and express his views bout the current India-Pak cricket series!

Sridhar

[Kumar]

With heavyweights in Dubai, this is a good chance for Jeev to get into winning form.. May be Ashok can weigh in with a quality performance..

[ajay]

Three Indians share the lead on first day with thrre others from Pakistan Wales and Australia. Jeev did his part on the first day, along with Ashok Kumar, Amandeep Johl, as they returned a card pf 4 under par. Not a bad day for India as a dozen out of 21 players are with in the projected cut. Hopefully, one of them will take the title on Sunday. Of the remaining 9, 5 players are 1 stroke behind the projected cut.
Go Indians!!!!

Pos Started Name Today To Par
1 Imdad HUSSAIN (PAK) 68 -4
1 Mark MOULAND (WAL) 68 -4
1 Pat GILES (AUS) 68 -4
1 Jeev Milkha SINGH 68 -4
1 Amandeep JOHL 68 -4
1 Ashok KUMAR 68 -4
7 Arjun SINGH 69 -3
7 Amritinder SINGH 69 -3
12 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 -2
23 Digvijay SINGH 71 -1
32 Vivek BHANDARI 72 E
32 Rahil GANGJEE 72 E
43 Amit DUBE 73 1
43 Vikrant CHOPRA 73 1
43 Harinder GUPTA 73 1
***** PROJECTED CUT ***** 2
76 Sujjan SINGH 75 3
76 Gurbaaz MANN 75 3
76 Gaurav GHEI 75 3
76 Harmeet KAHLON 75 3
76 Jaiveer VIRK 75 3
91 Kanwar SEKHON 76 4
104 Sandy LEHAL 77 5
104 P.S. GULERIA 77 5
125 Jaideep PATWARDHAN 79 7

[Kumar]

i sure hope at least some of them can sustain their performance and finish in top 10..

YOu go Ashok..

[*sridinats*]

i sure hope at least some of them can sustain their performance and finish in top 10..

when u say finish in the top 10 you mean win the title rite???

Sridhar

[ajay]

Indians lost the pole position in the leaderboard, but they are some Indians in the fray. After 2nd round, quite a few Indians (14 of them) made the cut. Three of then in top 10 and Digvijay Singh is just outside top 10, i.e. T11. I'm surprised that Ghei missed the cut. He was playing quite good during later phase of 2005.

The scores for the Indians and the two joint leaders are:

1 Mark MOULAND WAL 68 65 -11 (133)*
1 Chris RODGERS ENG 69 64 -11 (133)*


3 Amandeep JOHL IND 68 67 -9 -135
4 Jeev Milkha SINGH IND 68 69 -7 -137
6 Arjun SINGH IND 69 69 -6 -138
6 Ashok KUMAR IND 68 70 -6 -138
11 Digvijay SINGH IND 71 69 -4 (140)*
25 Vivek BHANDARI IND 72 70 -2 (142)*
30 Amritinder SINGH IND 69 74 -1 -143
30 Rahil GANGJEE IND 72 71 -1 (143)*
46 Harinder GUPTA IND 73 72 1 -145
46 Harmeet KAHLON IND 75 70 1 (145)*
57 Amit DUBE IND 73 73 2 -146
61 Gurbaaz MANN IND 75 72 3 -147
61 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA IND 70 77 3 (147)*
61 P.S. GULERIA IND 77 70 3 (147)*

*********** CUT (+3) **********************
73 Vikrant CHOPRA IND 73 75 4 (148)*
73 Gaurav GHEI IND 75 73 4 (148)*
73 Jaiveer VIRK IND 75 73 4 (148)*
94 Kanwar SEKHON IND 76 74 6 (150)*
107 Sujjan SINGH IND 75 77 8 -152
107 Jaideep PATWARDHAN IND 79 73 8 -152
124 Sandy LEHAL IND 77 79 12 -156

[Kumar]

Sridhar, i have almost lost my hopes of "my avatar" winning one..

[ajay]

After 3rd day, Jeev, Amandeep Johl, Ashok Kumar are still hanging on to top 5 positions as all of them are tied 4th. While Digvijay Singh is T10th. But the leader has opend up a big lead for the Indians. For any Indian to win, not only on of the trio at T4 must play a uperb round, but he would also need help from the current leader hoping that the leader play a bad round .


Pos Started Name Nat. R1 R2 R3 R4 To Par Hole/(Agg)
1 1 Chris RODGERS ENG 69 64 68 -15 -201
2 6 Muhammed MUNIR PAK 70 68 66 -12 -204
2 1 Mark MOULAND WAL 68 65 71 -12 -204

4 4 Jeev Milkha SINGH IND 68 69 71 -8 -208
4 3 Amandeep JOHL IND 68 67 73 -8 -208
4 6 Ashok KUMAR IND 68 70 70 -8 -208
10 11 Digvijay SINGH IND 71 69 70 -6 -210
20 6 Arjun SINGH IND 69 69 75 -3 -213
20 25 Vivek BHANDARI IND 72 70 71 -3 -213
33 30 Rahil GANGJEE IND 72 71 72 -1 -215
38 46 Harinder GUPTA IND 73 72 71 E -216
48 57 Amit DUBE IND 73 73 72 2 -218
52 61 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA IND 70 77 72 3 -219
54 30 Amritinder SINGH IND 69 74 77 4 -220
65 61 Gurbaaz MANN IND 75 72 76 7 -223
71 46 Harmeet KAHLON IND 75 70 81 10 -226
72 61 P.S. GULERIA IND 77 70 81 12 -228