2007 Asian Tour

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Race is getting tighter at the top. Cabrera dropped a stroke on 10th hole but still holes the lead by 1 stroke over Vijay. In meanwhile Lee Westwood with two birdies on 10th and 11th as now just onse stroke behind Vijay. Only 4 players are under part today, Vijay (-4)and Lee Westwood(-2) among the top and players and two lowly placed (T41) at 1 under.

Shiv has drooped two shot on 12th and 13th, but he is still T6th, 2 strokes behind Adam Scott at 5th place.
SSP finished with a double bogey on last hole and 3 over for the day. Currently T20, he can further improve in his position as he can't drop further while other are likely to drop. :)

1   1  Angel CABRERA    71 63 70 +1 -8 11 
2   4  Vijay SINGH      70 70 70 -4 -7 12 
3   3  Lee WESTWOOD     71 67 71 -2 -6 11 
4   2  Jin PARK         66 70 72 +1 -4 11 
5   4  Adam SCOTT       70 67 73  E -3 12 
6  11  Prom MEESAWAT    72 69 72  E  E 13 
6   7  Shiv KAPUR       73 70 69 +2 +1 13
20 30  SSP CHOWRASIA    70 71 77 74 +8 (292) 
50 37  Gurbaaz MANN     70 76 73 77 +12 (296)*
50 43  Gaurav GHEI      72 73 75 76 +12 (296)*
65 57  Arjun SINGH      74 72 77 +5 +15 13*
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If there is 4-5 hours after the last update, news is usually not so good..

VJ couldn't make any more push, and had to settle for second place one stroke behind Angel.

2  4  Vijay SINGH    FIJ  70  70  70  67  -7  (277)
8 7 Shiv KAPUR  IND 73 70 69 74 +2 (286)
23 30 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  IND 70 71 77 74 +8 (292)
46 37 Gurbaaz MANN  IND 70 76 73 77 +12 (296)*
46 43 Gaurav GHEI  IND 72 73 75 76 +12 (296)*
68 57 Arjun SINGH  IND 74 72 77 79 +18 (302)*
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shiv finished t-8th and ssp looks like he secured the card for 2008
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At Singapore Open - Final Standing

2   Vijay SINGH      70 70 70 67 - 7  $434,000.00
T8  Shiv KAPUR       73 70 68 74 - 1  $ 89,066.00
T23 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 71 77 74 + 5  $ 40,800.00
T46 Gurbaaz MANN     70 76 73 77 +12  $ 20,800.00
T46 Gaurav GHEI      72 73 75 76 +12  $ 20,800.00
T68 Arjun SINGH      74 72 77 79 +18  $ 10,200.00


As this tournament was big prize money one, so making cut here was important and that helped all players who were sitting on fence ... Now SSP secured his 2008 Asian Tour card as he moves to #37 in Order of Merit.
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Second week in a row it was dramatic finish in Asian tour. Last week Bhullar, playing in the second last group made a birdie on par 5 last hole to take the outright lead, but still lost the tournament due to an eagle finish on the last hole by Juvic PAGUNSAN.

This week it was a much bigger tournament in money as well as in big names, but once again story was somewhat similar. Vijay Singh started 6 strokes behind and played in the second last group. He made a big push and finally at the last hole took the share of lead with Angel CABRERA. However Cabrera, who had not made a single birdie all day, took the challenge and scored his first birdie of the day on the last hole to win the tournament. It was yet another tough day in the tourg tournament as only one player Vijay Singh scored an under par round on final day. Overall only top 5 players were under par for the tournament.
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This week we have a big money HSBC Champions tournamet. Only two Indians could qualify to play. Gaurav Ghei and Jyoti Randhawa. Jyoti made it to this tournment thanks to his win at Delhi. Last year, Tiger Woods had a rare defeat at this tournament at the hands of Yang Yong-eun. This year, Tiger is not here but lot of top European and PGA names are here. Half of the top 10, top 20 and top 50 are in the event.

Last year Jyoti did well here as he finished in top 10 by sharing 9th spot. JeevMilkha Singh was two strokes behind at sole 17th. For Jeev it was one of the rare event when he could not crack top 10. Shiv Kapur was one spot behind at T18. And Gaurav Ghei finished the Indian quartret at T26. But this time it will  be only two of them togerther.
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At UBS Hong Kong Open - First Round

T8  Daniel CHOPRA    66  - 4
T18 Shiv KAPUR       67  - 3 
T50 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69  - 1
T82 Rahil GANGJEE    71  + 1 
T82 Amandeep JOHL    71  + 1


So decent start for Indians in this event ... Daniel and Shiv scored somewhat satisfactory rounds but all need to do lot of leg work for performing well in this big money tournament.
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After poor first round Gaurav withdrawn from the tournament ... And Amandeep scored another 1 over round to miss the cut.

But good to see our 4 players making cut in this big prize tournament ... Daniel out of top 10 but our all other players climbed in the standing.

At UBS Hong Kong Open - Second Round

T12 Daniel CHOPRA    66 68 - 6
T12 Shiv KAPUR      67 67 - 6 
T33 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 67 - 4
T63 Rahil GANGJEE    71 68 - 1 
---------- Cut @ - 1 ------------
T96 Amandeep JOHL    71 71 + 2
WDRW Gaurav GHEI    75  WDRW
 
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Good results. Four out of six made it to money rounds. All four almost had a similar round of -2 or -3. Shiv Kapur finished with style with 3 birdies in last 3 holes.

Both Shiv Kapur and Daniel Chopra are just outside the top 10 is not a big deal. At -6 they are just one stroke behind the big pack of 9 players tied at 3rd place, and 2 strokes behind the 2nd place at -8. But the leader Robert KARLSSON at -12 has opened a big lead.
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At UBS Hong Kong Open - Third Round

T3  Shiv KAPUR      67 67 65 -11 
T7  Daniel CHOPRA    66 68 66 -10
T39 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 67 70 - 4
T51 Rahil GANGJEE    71 68 69 - 2 
 

Superb unblemished 5 under round by Shiv to move inside top 5 and also matching round of 4 under by Daniel with 6 birdies and 2 bogeys.
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At UBS Hong Kong Open - Final Standing (European & Asian co-sanctioned event)

T7  Daniel CHOPRA     66 68 66 70 -10  $52,110.00
T12 Shiv KAPUR        67 67 65 72 - 9  $36,450.00
T32 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  69 67 70 70 - 4  $17,718.00
T60 Rahil GANGJEE     71 68 69 75 + 3  $ 5,962.00 
 

Shiv must be upset after losing chance of top-5 finish, he was in good position after 3rd round ... Daniel also lost opportunity to finish inside top 5, though he remained inside top 10.
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Congratulations to Daniel, who is in a rich vein of form. Shiv needs to work on the mental aspects of finishing tournaments well, I think...
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at  Hana bank vietnam masters good start by ssp and gurbazz mann,both are currently tied for 10th one shot away from tying for3rd
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At Vietnam Masters - Second Round 

T9  Rahil GANGJEE    69 71    - 4
T13  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  69 72    - 3 
T22  Gurbaaz MANN      69 73    - 2
T33  Gaganjeet BHULLAR 72 71    - 1 
T40  Arjun SINGH      73 71      E 
T40  Digvijay SINGH    71 73      E 
T54  Harmeet KAHLON    73 73    + 2
------------- Cut @ + 2 -------------- 
T67  Uttam Singh MUNDY 77 70    + 3 
T79  Chiragh KUMAR    74 74    + 4 
T90  Vikrant CHOPRA    76 74    + 6 
T90  Amandeep JOHL    76 74    + 6 
T113 Firoz ALI        75 79    +10 
124  Naman DAWAR      78 79    +13
 

Now only Rahil remained inside top 10 but SSP and Gurbaaz r one and two strokes behind.
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At Vietnam Masters - Third Round 

T17  Gaganjeet BHULLAR 72 71 70    - 3
T19  Rahil GANGJEE    69 71 74    - 2
T30  Gurbaaz MANN      69 73 74    E
T40  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  69 72 77    + 2 
T40  Arjun SINGH      73 71 74    + 2
T40  Digvijay SINGH    71 73 74    + 2
T50  Harmeet KAHLON    73 73 74    + 4


So now our no player inside top 10 and Bhullar & Rahil hardly inside top 20 after third round.
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