2006 JPGA: Jeev Milkha WINS Season Ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup!!!

[jaydeep]

Tough luck for Jeev considering leading tournament 3 days and began last round with 3 strokes lead ... So with this 2nd place finish he equaled his best result on Japanese tour.

At Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial - Final Standing

2 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 65 67 73 -17  ￥10,000,000

[suresh]

The Hindu(printed version) has reported that Jeev injured his wrist during the fourth round and that was the reason for his "poor" round.

[PKBasu]

Apparently, his wrist was bothering him -- especially towards the end of the round:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061106/a ... 964584.asp

But really commendable stuff for 7 rounds this week and last. In fact the eight round was very good until the very last hole...

[ajay]

Shiv Kapur had a good start in Japan as he finished first round at even par in a difficult course. Shiv is T12. The leader is Shingo Katayama who shot 5 under, while Tiger Woods, Harington are 3 under and T3. C'mon Shiv! Continue the good work.

[jaydeep]

Today also Shiv scored PAR round with same score card like yesterday, 3 birdies and 3 bogeys ... But now Shiv is out of top 15 as other Internationl stars r playing better and occupying top 5 positions ... Tiger emerged as a leader after halfway of the tournament.

At Dunlop Phoenix 2006,

1  Tiger Woods  67  65  -8
2  Padraig Harrington  67  66  -7
3  Ian Poulter  70  64  -6
4  Shingo Katayama  65  70  -5
5  Justin Rose  73  63  -4

T18  Shiv Kapur  70  70  PAR
T50  Dinesh Chand  76  70  +6

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

Shiv Kapur had 3 over (2 birdies and 5 bogeys) round on tough day ... But this time instead of sliding down he climbed inside top 15 ... Padraig Harrington joined Tiger on the leaderboard after scoring 1 over, otherhand Tiger managed 2 over.

At Dunlop Phoenix 2006 - Third Round

T1  Tiger Woods  67  65  72  -6
T1  Padraig Harrington  67  66  71  -6
3  Shingo Katayama  65  70  71  -4
T5  Justin Rose  73  63  72  -2

T15 Shiv Kapur  70  70  73  +3
T55  Dinesh Chand  76  70  74  +10

Jaydeep.

[Prem]

Another good round can push Shiv into top 10.
In such a high class field that will be credible.

But, I still wonder why he didnt choose to play in Singapore and have a go at the Order of Merit title or help his cause in getting some money towards 2008 EPGA card.....

[Kumar]

Thru 9 holes, shiv is +1 and is currently T19th.. Needs to have a good back 9 to crack top 10

[suresh]

Shiv heard Kumar's distress call and responded with a -3 on the back nine. He finished at +1 for the tournament and that was good enough for a T13 finish. While it is not the top 10 finish we wanted, it was  a good showing on the JPGA tour. Woods and Harrington finished tied at -9 under. Padraig Harrington has been declared the winner (was there a playoff?).

[Dhruv]

Yup two hole playoff....

[jaydeep]

At Dunlop Phoenix 2006 - Final Standing (JPGA Tour)

T13 Shiv Kapur 70 70 73 68  +1 ￥3,706,666

Good performance by Shiv to finished inside top 15 on this tough Japanese tour tournament.

Jaydeep.

[ajay]

Superb performance by Shiv in a very tough field that had so many PGA and European stars.

Nice to see Shiv regaining his form as he gets ready to defend his title in December

[ajay]

Jeev, who is in pursuit of WR50 by year end comes back to Japan for Casio Open starting tomorrow. A win here can bring him quiet close to his target. In the last tournament that he played here in Japan, Jeev after leading first 3 days, narrowly missed the title by one stroke and came second all by himself. With his current form, he should be one of the favorite to win. Go Jeev!!

[suresh]

Guess who is at the top of the leaderboard at the end of round 1 of the Casio World Open being played in Kochi (Japan, not Kerala)?

T1 Jeev Milkha Singh, Azuma Yano and Tetsuya Haraguchi at -6

101 Michelle Wie at +9

[ajay]

I don't understand why do we still get surprised

Jeev just amazes me. Man! you are definately more than top 50. Go Jeev!!!