2008 Asian Tour

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2008 Asian Tour

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Following players are playing in the qualifiers for Asian tour. Good luck to them.

1 HARMEET KAHLON IND
2 NAMAN DAWAR IND
3 ANIRBAN LAHIRI IND
4 RANJIT SINGH (K) IND
5 RANJIT SINGH  IND
6 A.S. LEHAL IND
7 KARANJIT SINGH SANDHU IND
8 MANDEO SINGH PATHANIA IND
9 NEIL MUNDRA IND
10 GURKI SHERGILL IND
11 CHIRAGH KUMAR IND
12 ANIRUDH GOYAL  IND
13 SUJJAN SINGH IND
14 ARJUN SINGH CHAUDHRI IND
15 KANWAR SEKHON  IND
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Where is Ashok kumar?
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Year 2008 has become a golden year in Indian golf. There will be as many as four international tournament in India in this year.With Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, China hosting so many events every year, India had been hosting just 1 or sometimes 2 events in a year and that also with very little prize money. To attract good players, prize money need to be high. But this year we are hosting two big money events - a jointly sanctiioned European/Asian and a tri-sanctioned Euro/Asian/Australasian event, plus the regular Asian tour event Hero Honda with bigger purse this year, and a newly announced Asian event SAIL Open in Noida.

Two of the four events are sure to be permanent event in Indian calender. The tri-sanctioned Johnnie Walker Classic rotates to different countries every year, so we won't be hosting it in future for a while. Hopefully SAIL open will also be a permanent fixture in Indian calender. With Indian players now competeing quiet regularly at the highes level, the country is also waking up. Four tournaments is next to just China with 5 events in 2008 Asian tour.  Indian golf has finally come of age.
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour--SAIL Open Golf Championship at Jaypee Greens

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asian tour back in india this weekend  SAIL -OPEN and we can see a good amount of indians playing this tournament .
SSP,jyothi,ghei,rahil,gaganjeet,arjun singh
no ATWAL and  Jeev
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And no Shiv as well.
Asian Order of Merit:
4 Indians in Top 5
6 Indians in Top 8
Of course this is due to Indian Open & our good showing in Indonesia... and all our top pros playing these 2 events.
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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In the last two years, we had two Indian players, Shiv and SSP make their mark using the Asian Tour. I am looking forward to a new name showing up this year in the Asian tour. I expect SSP to move over to the European tour now that he has won a tour event.
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour: Sail Open

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SSP Chowrasia is being touted as the favorite for Sail Open starting on Thursday this week. He has certainly raised the profile of golf in India to some extent. Many of the Indians do know who is Tiger Woods but most of them are still ignorant about the top players such as Ernie Els or Phil Mickelson. Chowrasia's victory last week is certainly remarkable because of the quality of the field he beat. SSP may still be in the dream world about what he has achieved.

It was good for SSP that he took a week break after his victory to settle down. Although it will very hard to follow up such a good result, I hope that SSP will be able to focus and play top quality golf this week. But in my mind I think the favorite for this tournament has to be Jyoti Randhawa. Last weekend JYoti was in great putting form. If he plays like that, he would be the favorite. In Indian Open he was a disappointment, but he got a top 10 last week that indicates that he is back in form. I gues he must be desparate to win a tournament, so watch out for Jyot.

This is a small tournment but I hope in the wake of the  high quality Indian open, and in the excitement of up coming Johnnie Walker tournament, the Sail Open will also get more publicity. The top players for this tournament are the Asian tour stars the likes of Jyoti, Thaworn Wiratchant, Prayad Marksaeng, Chinnarat Phadungsil, Thammanoon Srirot and Mamat.
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Not a great start for SSPC on day 1.
Though favourite, he finished on level par with the leaders at -6.
He was +2 until he played his last 2 holes and managed to get his only birdies on the 17th & 18th.
Jyoti had a terrific round. Started with an Eagle and was -6 until a bogey on his last hole.
So, Jyoti is -5 and is tied 3rd place. I expect Jyoti to cruise to victory here.
Surprisingly a Wednesday start matching teh WGC event.
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Not surprising to see that SSPC's putter was cool today. Hopefully it will get hot in the coming rounds. While Jyoti brought his hot putter from Indonesia that saw off 4 birdies, an eagel and a bogey.
66 Indian players are in the field with 25 of them with in the projected cut at even par. Here is the score card for Indians.


3  Jyoti RANDHAWA   67 -5 (67)*
9  Dinesh KUMAR   68 -4 -68
15  Gaurav Pratap SINGH   69 -3 (69)*
15  Harinder GUPTA   69 -3 (69)*
15  Ali SHER   69 -3 (69)*
15  Vinod KUMAR   69 -3 (69)*
26  Karanjit SINGH   70 -2 -70
26  Ashok KUMAR   70 -2 -70
26  Gaganjeet BHULLAR   70 -2 -70
38  Yusuf ALI   71 -1 (71)*
38  Amritinder SINGH   71 -1 (71)*
38  Amit DUBE   71 -1 -71
38  Digvijay SINGH   71 -1 -71
38  Raju ALI   71 -1 (71)*
38  Vikrant CHOPRA   71 -1 (71)*
51  Manav JAINI   72 E (72)*
51  Vivek BHANDARI   72 E (72)*
51  Anirban LAHIRI   72 E (72)*
51  Amandeep JOHL   72 E -72
51  Mukesh KUMAR   72 E -72
51  Rahul GANAPATHY   72 E -72
51  Randhir GHOTRA   72 E (72)*
51  Gaurav GHEI   72 E (72)*
51  S.S.P. CHOWRASIA   72 E -72
51  Naman DAWAR   72 E -72
73  Gaurav DIWAN   73 1 (73)*
73  Shankar DAS   73 1 (73)*
73  Amardip MALIK   73 1 -73
73  Harmeet KAHLON   73 1 -73
73  Firoz ALI   73 1 -73
73  Gurbaaz MANN   73 1 (73)*
73  Mohd SALIM   73 1 (73)*
73  Rahil GANGJEE   73 1 -73
93  Mandeo PATHANIA   74 2 (74)*
93  Gurki SHERGILL   74 2 (74)*
93  Mohd ISLAM   74 2 -74
93  Nabin MANDAL   74 2 -74
93  Shamim KHAN   74 2 -74
93  Himmat RAI   74 2 -74
93  Chiragh KUMAR   74 2 (74)*
93  Arjun SINGH   74 2 -74
93  Shaurya SINGH   74 2 -74
113  Shiv PRAKASH   75 3 (75)*
113  C. MUNIYAPPA   75 3 -75
113  Sujjan SINGH   75 3 (75)*
113  Jaiveer VIRK   75 3 -75
124  M. DHARMA   76 4 -76
124  PAPPAN   76 4 -76
124  Vijay KUMAR   76 4 -76
124  Deepinder KULLAR   76 4 (76)*
124  Ranjit SINGH(K)   76 4 (76)*
124  Roop SINGH   76 4 -76
124  Indrajit BHALOTIA   76 4 -76
124  R. SRINIVAS   76 4 -76
136  Arjun Singh CHAUDHRI   77 5 -77
136  Rafiq ALI   77 5 (77)*
136  Sheeraz KALRA   77 5 (77)*
136  A.S. LEHAL   77 5 -77
136  Ranjit SINGH   77 5 -77
141  Jaideep PATWARMAN   78 6 -78
141  Joseph CHAKOLA   78 6 -78
143  Sanjay KUMAR   79 7 (79)*
143  Sandeep SYAL   79 7 (79)*
143  Uttam Singh MUNDY   79 7 -79
149  Anirudh GOYAL   80 8 (80)*
150  Abhishek AHLAWAT   82 10 -82
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Jyoti is at the top of the leaderboard at the end of round two. Two more Indians in the top 10.

ROUND 2 LEADERBOARD

1. Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) -9 (135)
1. Tony CAROLAN (AUS) -9 (135)*
3. WANG Ter-chang (TPE) -8 (136)*
4. Scott HEND (AUS) -7 (137)
4. Dinesh CHAND (FIJ) -7 (137)
4. Dinesh KUMAR (IND) -7 (137)*
4. Ross BAIN (SCO) -7  (137)*

Round Two Scores(Indians)

1  Jyoti RANDHAWA      IND  67  68    -9 (135)
4  Dinesh KUMAR          IND 68 69    -7 (137)*
8  Gaganjeet BHULLAR    IND 70 68    -6 (138)*

15 Harinder GUPTA        IND 69 70    -5 (139)
15 Ashok KUMAR          IND 70 69    -5 (139)*
28 Vinod KUMAR            IND 69 72    -3 (141)
37 Gaurav Pratap SINGH IND 69 73    -2 (142)
37 Randhir GHOTRA        IND 72 70    -2 (142)
45 Vivek BHANDARI        IND 72 71    -1 (143)
45 Karanjit SINGH          IND 70 73    -1 (143)*
51 Amritinder SINGH      IND 71 73      E (144)
51 Anirban LAHIRI          IND 72 72      E (144)
51 Rahul GANAPATHY    IND 72 72      E (144)*
51 Digvijay SINGH          IND 71 73      E (144)*
51 Raju ALI                  IND 71 73      E (144)
51 Ali SHER                  IND 69 75      E (144)
63 Shankar DAS            IND 73 72    +1 (145)
63 Mukesh KUMAR        IND 72 73    +1 (145)*
63 Mohd SALIM            IND 73 72    +1 (145)
63 Arjun SINGH            IND 74 71    +1 (145)*
63 Naman DAWAR          IND 72 73    +1 (145)*

Some notable Indians missing the cut: SSP, Rahil Ganjee, Gaurav Ghei, Harmeet Kahlon
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Not a good 3rd round for Jyoti as he drops to 4th position (2 strokes off leader). Gaganjeet Bhullar joined Jyoti at 4th position. Dinesh kumar was +5 and dropped to T27.


4  Jyoti RANDHAWA    67 68 72  -9 (207) 
4  Gaganjeet BHULLAR    70 68 69  -9 (207) 
12 Ashok KUMAR    70 69 71  -6 (210) 
21 Harinder GUPTA    69 70 73  -4 (212) 
27 Dinesh KUMAR    68 69 77  -2 (214) 
34 Vivek BHANDARI    72 71 72  -1 (215)*
42 Anirban LAHIRI    72 72 72  E (216)*
42 Mukesh KUMAR    72 73 71  E (216)*
42 Randhir GHOTRA    72 70 74  E (216)*
49 Rahul GANAPATHY    72 72 73  +1 (217)*
53 Karanjit SINGH    70 73 75  +2 (218)*
59 Naman DAWAR    72 73 74  +3 (219)*
64 Amritinder SINGH    71 73 76  +4 (220)*
64 Digvijay SINGH    71 73 76  +4 (220)*
64 Ali SHER    69 75 76  +4 (220)*
64 Vinod KUMAR    69 72 79  +4 (220) 
64 Arjun SINGH    74 71 75  +4 (220)*
70 Gaurav Pratap SINGH    69 73 79  +5 (221) 
71 Shankar DAS    73 72 77  +6 (222)*
73 Raju ALI    71 73 79  +7 (223)*
73 Mohd SALIM    73 72 78  +7 (223)*
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Three players above Jyoti and Gaganjeet are:


1. Mark BROWN (NZL) -11    (205) 
2. Scott HEND (AUS) -10    (206) 
2. Rhys DAVIES (WAL) -10    (206)

Jyoti did not play well last two days although he was lucky in 2nd round to get a good score. But in 3rd round he could just make a par. If needs to improve his game by few notches if he wants to win a tiltle. On the otherhand, good show by youngster Bhullar. He missed winning last year when he finished
2nd. On average it was a bad day for Indians. I wish better luck for last round. and hopefully we'll see an Indian winner.
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Is 20 year old Gaganjeet Bhullar the player to follow this year? After missing the cut in the Indian Open, he seems to have pulled up his game. The next round will provide a hint to his development.
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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SAIL Open Golf Championship
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Mark Brown wins the SAIL Open Golf Championship by 4 strokes. It was close till the last few holes when his nearest competitors dropped strokes. Jyoti finishes T2 and Gaganjeet Bhullar did not fade away and finished T5. Ashok Kumar also dropped from 9 under to 7 under in the last few holes.

Results (Top 5)

1 Mark BROWN                  NZL 69 69 67 69 -14  (274)
2 Scott HEND                    AUS 67 70 69 72 -10 (278)
2 Jyoti RANDHAWA           IND 67 68 72 71 -10 (278)
2 NOH Seung-yul                KOR 68 70 71 69 -10 (278)
5 Danny CHIA                    MAS 68 70 69 72 -9 (279)
5 Gaganjeet BHULLAR      IND 70 68 69 72 -9 (279)

Other Indians

11  Ashok KUMAR            IND  70  69  71  71  -7  (281)
22 Harinder GUPTA          IND 69 70 73 73 -3 (285)
22 Mukesh KUMAR          IND 72 73 71 69 -3 (285)*
36 Amritinder SINGH      IND 71 73 76 68 E (288)*
41 Anirban LAHIRI          IND 72 72 72 74 +2 (290)*
43 Vivek BHANDARI        IND 72 71 72 76 +3 (291)
43 Karanjit SINGH          IND 70 73 75 73 +3 (291)*
49 Rahul GANAPATHY      IND 72 72 73 75 +4 (292)*
49 Randhir GHOTRA        IND 72 70 74 76 +4 (292)*
49 Dinesh KUMAR            IND 68 69 77 78 +4 (292)
62 Vinod KUMAR            IND 69 72 79 74 +6 (294)*
62 Naman DAWAR          IND 72 73 74 75 +6 (294)*
66 Digvijay SINGH          IND 71 73 76 75 +7 (295)*
68 Gaurav Pratap SINGH  IND 69 73 79 76 +9 (297)*
69 Shankar DAS              IND 73 72 77 77 +11 (299)*
70 Ali SHER                    IND 69 75 76 80 +12 (300)*
72 Raju ALI                    IND 71 73 79 78 +13 (301)*
72 Mohd SALIM                IND 73 72 78 78 +13 (301)*

64  Arjun SINGH  IND 74 71 75 +6 RETD 6*
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Re: 2008 Asian Tour

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Jyoti would be very disappointed that he couldn't convert this.. A very satisfying performance for Bhullar. And a decent performance from Ashok Kumar who just missed out on a top10. Its been a while since we saw him doing anything decent. btw, Is Ashok Kumar part of regular APGA tour?
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