US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Saniapower wrote:Muniyappa made a school boy error in the 18th and so his 10 under is subject to scrutiny and it could change over night. But until then he will be leading by one stroke officially.
What happened? What error ??? I hope he won't be disqualified! :oops:
He apparently touched the ball in the bunker.
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Touching the ball anywhere is a strict no-no. In the bunker, grounding the club is also a penalty.
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Good news, Muniyappa has been cleared of any any infringemen. So Muniyappa keeps the lead for second consecutive day. The final day promises to be a thriller (here goes my sleep :) ) Including Arjun Atwal, there are eight Indians in contention as they tee up tomorrow morning (or today, depending upon which part of the world we live.).

One thing is pretty sure, there will be lot of pressure on final day as there are so many players crowded up at the top. Muniyappa has won on Indian tour this year, and in general playing best golf of his life. Though Indian tour victory may be counted as big achievement, but the experience of winning is invaluable and Muniyappa needs to keep reminding himself of that victory and have a belief that he can do it. Can he manage it? Lets see how he handles the pressure.

Digvijay Singh, one stroke behind, is another player who had been playing for a while and came close to victory on Asian tour on few occasions, but could not do it earlier. Can he do this time? He is having some problem with his wrist. So he has to overcome his wrist to deliver a knockout round to win.

Then there is 24 yr old Harinder Gupta, who has been pro for few years trying to join the big league. Just one stroke behind, he also must be eager to get a breakthrough victory. But can he overcome the lack of experience at international level on a big stage? I wish him all the best.

Next Indian in line is Mukesh Kumar, just 3 strokes behind. A very successful player at domestic golf, but he could not translate his success to the international level. He reminds me of Ashok Mankad, a very successful player in domestic cricket, should have done more at international level. Following Mukesh are Ashok Kumar and veterans Ghei, and Johl. Ghei is the only player in this group who has tasted success on Asian tour.

I hope an Indian wins it. It will be a thriller.

Here are the scores for the 3rd round:

C. MUNIYAPPA  66 69 71 -10 206
Digvijay SINGH  68 68 71 -9 207
Harinder GUPTA  68 72 67 -9 207
Mukesh KUMAR  71 68 70 -7 209
Gaurav GHEI  70 72 68 -6 210
Ashok KUMAR  71 71 68 -6 210
Amandeep JOHL  70 71 69 -6 210
Arjun ATWAL  75 66 70 -5 211
Vinod KUMAR  70 71 71 -4 212
Gaganjeet BHULLAR  73 71 68 -4 212
Raju ALI  69 71 73 -3 213
Daniel CHOPRA  67 72 75 -2 214
Anirban LAHIRI 72 71 71 -2 214
Karanjit S SANDHU  72 69 74 -1 215
A.S. LEHAL  74 70 71 -1 215
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA  73 71 73 1 217
Shamim KHAN  70 73 74 1 217
Rahul GANAPATHY 69 74 74 1 217
Vikrant CHOPRA  73 72 72 1 217
Rashid KHAN [A] 70 72 75 1 217
Arjun SINGH  68 75 75 2 218
Ranjit SINGH  76 69 74 3 219
Manav JAINI  73 72 74 3 219
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Is there any live streaming available?
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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ajay wrote:Is there any live streaming available?
Here in India it will be available live on ESPN from 12:00 pm local time.
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Muniyappa and Lee Sung finished tied at the top of the leaderboard. Does anyone know what's going on in the playoff?

Muniyapp wins :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :dance: :dance:
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No details yet, but final score is online and shows Muniyappa at 1st position and Lee Sung coming 2nd.

Update: Muniyappa beat Lee in the first playoff with a birdie on 18th
The best performance of the day was by talented Lahiri who returned a score of 8 under 64, with 6 birdies and an eagle.

The final positions of Indians:


1 C. MUNIYAPPA IND   66 69 71 70 276 -12 $198,125.00
3 Anirban LAHIRI IND 72 71 71 64 278 -10 $63,041.67
6 Ashok KUMAR IND   71 71 68 70 280 -8 $39,375.00
6 Digvijay SINGH IND   68 68 71 73 280 -8 $39,375.00
8 Harendra GUPTA IND 68 72 67 75 282 -6 $26,500.00
12 Mukesh KUMAR IND   71 68 70 74 283 -5 $19,343.75
16 Gaganjeet BHULLAR IND   73 71 68 72 284 -4 $16,500.00
21 Shamim KHAN IND   70 73 74 69 286 -2 $13,312.50
21 Daniel CHOPRA SWE   67 72 75 72 286 -2 $13312.50
27 Gaurav GHEI IND   70 72 68 77 287 -1 $11,062.50
27 Amandeep JOHL IND   70 71 69 77 287 -1 $11,062.50
33 Vikrant CHOPRA IND   73 72 72 71 288 0 $9,625.00
33 Arjun ATWAL IND   75 66 70 77 288 0 $9,625.00
36 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA IND   73 71 73 72 289 1 $8,250.00
36 Karanjit S SANDHU IND   72 69 74 74 289 1 $8,250.00
36 Vinod KUMAR IND   70 71 71 77 289 1 $8,250.00
44 Rahul GANAPATHY IND 69 74 74 73 290 2 $6,875.00
44 Raju ALI IND   69 71 73 77 290 2 $6,875.00
50 Manav JAINI IND   73 72 74 73 292 4 $4,982.14
57 Ranjit SINGH IND   76 69 74 74 293 5 $4,187.50
61 Rashid KHAN [A] IND 70 72 75 77 294 6
63 A.S. LEHAL IND   74 70 71 80 295 7 $3,625.00
66 Arjun SINGH IND   68 75 75 78 296 8 $3,375.00
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Muniyappa birdied the par 5 18th(1st playoff hole) They both missed the fairway. Muniyappa played a very good 2nd shot from a difficult position over the trees and excellent 3rd to give him just a 4 feeter birdie chance and he made it. Lee missed his 2 metre birdie.
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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It is great to see an Indian win the Indian Open. Congratulations to Muniyappa on his maiden Asian tour win. Anirban Lahiri had an awesome 8 under par 64 in the final round to finish T3. By the way, the runner up Lee Sung was born deaf but that clearly has not hampered his golf game.
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Congrats Muniyappa :clap:
Surprisingly very disappointing performance from Arjun Atwal and Gaganjeet Bhullar
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Congratulations to Muniyappa for a well-deserved title.
And nice to see young Anirban Lahiri finish 3rd. As for Bhullar, I think he is entitled to an occasional bad tournament, but that doesn't detract from the superb year he has had. Arjun Atwal is still struggling to sustain form over 4 days (as revealed by his disastrous final round of 77), but he is gradually getting back into the groove, as he showed on Day 3.
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Muniyappa was deserving winner of Indian Open, who was leading Indian Open after 2nd round ... But Lee Sung take it to wire, still Muni didn't lose focus and lift title ... Winning biggest cheque of his small career.

Watched Anirban Lahiri' game which shown on TV ... He was very excited when scored an eagle on 18th hole ... Looks talented ... Atwal must be disappointed with his last round but showed some of his class in first 3 rounds.

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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Now we need a separate Muniyappa thread? Nobody has created it till now ;)
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Congrats Muniyappa. We will wait for one more APGA victory before creating a new thread for him...

OTOH, Atwal's finish is disappointing....but seeing Ashok in top 10 is good..He was once touted as next big golfer, but has been very quiet
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Congrats to Muniyappa for a fine win and also the 4 other Indians who made the top 10. Our golfing standards are definitely on the rise as some of our top golfers (Jeev, Jyoti etc.) did not play in this tournament and yet we were all over the top of the leader board in the end and in the earlier days as well.
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Re: US$1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Oct 8-11th 2009

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Yes, we have definitely joined Korea and Japan in the trio of dominant golf-playing nations in Asia. A real pity that a Korean (ranked worse than Jeev at the time) became the first Asian to win a major (at the USO this year).
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