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

[BSharma]

Congratulations to Gaurav Ghei for winning the title. 

[jaydeep]

Feel sad for S.S.P Chowrasia, who was reading this course much better than other players, this was big opportunity for him securing his 2007 card with the victory ... But destiny ................ Anyway positives for him that he is playing great golf and before this tournament he made cut of each tournament he participated ... Go S.S.P Chowrasia.

What a huge win for Gaurav Ghei ... He played excellent last 2 rounds and his round was without any blemish ... So we can proudly say this year we r seeing fightback from old Indian winners of APGA Tour (Jeev and Gaurav) ... This must be sweet victory for Gaurav Ghei, who ended an 11 year wait when he won the Mercuries Taiwan Masters title, he had previously won the 1995 Gadgil Western Masters in India.

Congrats to Gaurav and consistent Rahil ...

Jaydeep.

[ajay]

S.S.P. Chowrasia gets another chance this week to amend what went wrong last week. This week the Asian tour remains in Chinese Taipei albeit different course. So if SSP liked something about the country or the food or atmosphere, he will get that again. Hopefully, he is fired up to get back what he missed. And hopefully, Rahil is fired up too to get what he narrowly missed. With Gaurav Ghei, Shiv Kapur taking off, the Indian challenge will be spearheaded by in-form Rahil Gangjee. Indian contingent must be rejuvenated by last week performance and they may be ready to break some more ground. C'mon guys! Make it two in a row for Indians. Here is the field for Taiwan Open this week.

RAHIL GANGJEE
HARMEET KAHLON
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA
DIGVIJAY SINGH
ARJUN SINGH
GURBAAZ MANN
JAIVEER VIRK

[ajay]

After a high og last week, Indians were not in their element here on first day. No Indian vould break par. The best performenr was Gurbaaz MANN  T34 at even par. Rahil and S.S.P. disappointed with 3 and 4 over par scores respectively.

Most of our players would be fighting to make the cut tomorrow. Good luck!

1  Kane WEBBER (AUS)  67    67  -5 
2  TSAI Chi-huang (TPE)  68    68  -4 
2  Olle NORDBERG (SWE)  68    68  -4 

34  Gurbaaz MANN (IND)  72    72  Even 
63  Harinder GUPTA (IND)  74    74  +2 
63  Digvijay SINGH (IND)  74    74  +2 
84  Rahil GANGJEE (IND)  75    75  +3 
95  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND)  76    76  +4 
107  Arjun SINGH (IND)  77    77  +5 

[jaydeep]

I hope Chowrasia still not thinking about last week's fiasco.

Need better performance from our players in second round to be found on weekend playing for championship.

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

And in end our players continued to struggle on second day also ... Only 2 players managed to make cut, but importantly Chowrasia is one of them ..

Taiwan Open - Second Round

T42  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND)  76  69    +1
T53  Gurbaaz MANN (IND)  72  74      +2 
--------- Cut @ +3 -----------
T74  Rahil GANGJEE (IND)  75  73      +4
T96  Harinder GUPTA (IND)  74  76    +6
T98  Digvijay SINGH (IND)  74  77      +7 
T98  Arjun SINGH (IND)  77  74      +7 

Jaydeep.

[ajay]

In two days, except S.S.P. Chowrasia who broke par in 2nd round, no one could break par in a single round. S.S.P. seems determined and he played a good round to ensure that he won't return from Taiwan without earning a penny. He makes yet another cut and hopefully he'll go low over the weekend.

Gurbazz Mann, thanks to his first round even par, makes the cut too. But he lost fe spots on the leaderboard.

Disappointment for all other Indian players.

[PKBasu]

This was a very good tournament for the Indian contingent, especially considering that the guy who was so far ahead in the lead (Chowrasia) got disqualified on a trivial technicality.
Very good indeed to see Gaurav Ghei gradually put it all together again. He was a terrific talent at 16, then suffered a long period of under-achievement, but appears to be gradually coming into his own on the APGA now. I hope he treads a path eventually to the PGA, so that we can have him, Jyoti and Jeev join Arjun and Daniel to make a strong Indian contingent that begins to credibly compete for titles on the PGA tour.

[ajay]

Third Round
After making a good move in 2nd round that ensured the cut, S.S.P. fumbled in the 3rd round and went for 4 over par 76, just like his first round S.S.P. dropped to T61. Gurbaaz Mann played a steady round at par that resulted in moving up the leaderboard by few places as he finished T44.

T44  Gurbaaz MANN (IND)  72  74  72    +2
T61  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND)  76  69  76  +5

Fourth Round
Gurbaaz Mann played the best round among Indians in this tournament as he went 4 under on last day. He finished at T17. A good result fot Gurbaaz. S.S.P. played 2under 70 and improved his position to
T40. He must be overall disappointed as this result is no compensation for what he missed last week.

T17  Gurbaaz MANN (IND)  72  74  72  68  -2  $3,720.00
T40  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND)  76  69  76  70 +3  $1,830.00

[ajay]

The star attraction in this week is the defending champion Retief Goosen.
The listed Indian players for this week's Volkswagen Masters tournament are:

RAHIL GANGJEE
HARMEET KAHLON
AMANDEEP JOHL 7:50  10 
DIGVIJAY SINGH 8:40  1 
ARJUN SINGH 12:25  10 
GURBAAZ MANN 8:00  10 
HARINDER GUPTA 13:05  10 
AMRITINDER SINGH

Update: I also added tee times and starting tee for the players and realized that Rahil, Harmeet and Amritinder Singh are missing from the line up. I also saw the name of another Indian
Sujjan SINGH 8:50  10 

[ajay]

The current positions of Indian players in the Asian Moneylist is given below. Top 60 earns the 2007 card. Our first six players are ensured of 07 card. S.S.P is just inside top 60 and Arjun Singh very close to get in top 60. Both must be looking to consolidate their position. Rest have to do much more to earn the card.

PosPlayerEarningTournamnet Played
1
5
9
18
24
27
56
65
93
99
109
130
135
141

Jeev Milkha SINGH
Shiv KAPUR
Gaurav GHEI
Rahil GANGJEE
Jyoti RANDHAWA
Amandeep JOHL
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA
Arjun SINGH
Digvijay SINGH
Harmeet KAHLON
Gurbaaz MANN
Uttam Singh MUNDY
Harinder GUPTA
Amritinder SINGH

$470,108.00
$261,857.00
$218,532.00
$153,588.00
$125,085.00
$118,113.00
$57,044.00
$46,701.00
$18,477.00
$16,691.00
$12,407.00
$5,135.00
$3,640.00
$2,654.00

12
14
18
19
8
20
11
11
11
18
11
8
6
8

[jaydeep]

Arjun and Digvijay r in top 20 with 2 under round, Amandeep had steady par round to be inside top 40 ... But other 3 Indians need to improve their performance to making cut here.

At Volkswagen Masters-China - First Round

T18  Arjun SINGH    70      -2
T18  Digvijay SINGH    70      -2 
T37  Amandeep JOHL    72      E 
T74  Sujjan SINGH    74      +2
T74  Gurbaaz MANN    74      +2
T91  Harinder GUPTA    75      +3

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

Arjun continued to improve his standing with 4 under round ... Now he is inside top 10 ... But best round for Indians scored by Gurbaaz Mann, yesterday he was 2 over ... After scoring 6 under round he moved into top 20 position from below 70 ... Today's his round was without any blemish, on front 9 he was 1 under but on back 9 he was on fire with 5 under round.

At Volkswagen Masters-China - Second Round

T8 Arjun SINGH    70 68    -6
T15 Gurbaaz MANN    74 66    -4
T23 Digvijay SINGH    70 71    -3
T50 Amandeep JOHL    72 72    E
--------- Cut @ +1 ------------
T101 Harinder GUPTA    75 78    +9 
T114 Sujjan SINGH    74 82    +12

[suresh]

Arjun slips to 19th after an even par third round.

Scores (Fourth round in progress)

19    19  Arjun SINGH*      IND    70  68  72    -6 
23 21 Gurbaaz MANN  IND 74 66 71 E -5 3
23 21 Digvijay SINGH  IND 70 71 70 E -5 1
57 56 Amandeep JOHL    IND 72 72 72 -1 -1 11

* Yet to start his fourth round.

[jaydeep]

Here is final standing -

At Volkswagen Masters-China - Final Standing (APGA Tour)

T28  Gurbaaz MANN (IND)  74  66  71  72  -5  $2,532.00 
T28  Arjun SINGH (IND)  70  68  72  73    -5  $2,532.00
T35  Digvijay SINGH (IND)  70  71  70  73    -4  $2,100.00 
T49  Amandeep JOHL (IND)  72  72  72  70  -2  $1,271.00