Good tee shots by both Jeev and Harrington on par 3 14th. Jeev is closer to the hole but not close enough for a birdie putt. Harrington plays his long birdie putt but misses. Now Jeev plays his birdie putt and misses by few inches for a tap in par. Harrington's turn for the par putt from 6 ft and he makes it too. Meanwhile Bjorn also bogeys the 13th. Over to 15th.
1 Jeev Milkha SINGH IND 73 68 67 -3 -8 14
1 Padraig HARRINGTON IRL 72 70 66 -3 -8 14
3 Chapchai NIRAT THA 70 68 65 +4 -6 12
4 Rory MCILROY NIR 70 68 72 -2 -5 14
4 Thomas BJORN DEN 72 67 68 +1 -5 13
4 Ernie ELS RSA 66 70 71 +1 -5 13
Update: Harrington's tee shot went into the crowd while Jeev keeps his ball in fairway. Only 7 players are in red in the 4th round. Very difficult layout. Only Harrington is bogey free for the day. Harrington plays his 2nd shot from the rough and he could not get onto the green. Jeev's turn and safely on the green. Harrington gets ready for his chip which goes 12 ft pass the hole. It will be difficult for him to keep off a bogey. Jeev plays his birdie putt, but he leaves it short and it will be difficult par putt. Superb putt for Harrington to save the par. Now it's Jeev's turn for par putt from 6 ft. And Jeev makes it too. Over to par 4 16th. Earlier MCILROY dropped out of top 5 with a bogey on 15th.
1 Jeev Milkha SINGH IND 73 68 67 -3 -8 15
1 Padraig HARRINGTON IRL 72 70 66 -3 -8 15
3 Chapchai NIRAT THA 70 68 65 +4 -6 14
4 Thomas BJORN DEN 72 67 68 +1 -5 14
4 Ernie ELS RSA 66 70 71 +1 -5 14
Errant tee shot by Jeev puts him in difficult position on the 16th hole. Jeev will need to play an outstanding 2nd shot from the rough. I miised the Harrington's tee shot. Chapchai plays a tee shot 40 yards into water! Jeev plays his shot and some 40 yards short of hole. Oops! Harrington had a good chance but his shot went pass the green and slopes sown to water! A costly mistake by Padraig gives advantage to Jeev. Go Jeev! Good 3rd shot by Jeev but still a difficult par shot for him from about 10ft. Padraig is taking a drop. He will have to play a difficult up and down after the drop. Harrington is calling for a referee as he is not sure where to take the drop shot. Commentators are saying that whole tournament his here. Finally Harrington drops and takes his shot. Good 4th shot as it passes the hole by just 8ft. Jeev takes the par putt but leaves it just short for tap in bogey
Harrington may escape with a bogey and a tie with Jeev. But Harrington misses his bogey putt by inches and so its a double bogey for him. So Jeev takes the lead! Two holes left. Go Jeev!
1 Jeev Milkha SINGH IND 73 68 67 -2 -7 16
2 Padraig HARRINGTON IRL 72 70 66 -1 -6 16
3 David GLEESON AUS 72 67 71 -2 -5 17
3 Thomas BJORN DEN 72 67 68 +1 -5 15
3 Ernie ELS RSA 66 70 71 +1 -5 15
3 Chapchai NIRAT THA 70 68 65 +5 -5 15
Quite a few players including Ernie with a chance now as 4 players are just 2 shots behind. One thing is sure, Jeev has more or less ensured Asian Order of Merit. That will be a good achievement. Jeev plays a good tee shot on par 3 17th. Harrington also plays a good shot. Harrington plays first and his birdie shot misses the hole. Jeev's turn and he also misses the birdie putt. Both make par on 17th and go to the par 5 18th. While Ernie makes a birdie on 16th to tie with Harrington and just one stroke away from Jeev. It is very close and it is between Ernie, Harrington and Jeev. But for now Jeev leads!
1 Jeev Milkha SINGH IND 73 68 67 -2 -7 17
2 Ernie ELS RSA 66 70 71 E -6 17
2 Padraig HARRINGTON IRL 72 70 66 -1 -6 17
Jeev goes to bunker after first shot. Padraig has given himself chance to make a chip in eagle with his 2nd shot in the rough just outside the green. Meanwhile Ernie misses a birdie on 16th by half inch. Excellent 3rd shot by Jeev to give himself a birdie chance.
Harrington misses the eagleputt, but he will have a birdie putt to tie with Jeev. If Jeev makes the birdie putt Harrington will be out. Jeev misses and makes the par.
Harrington has a 5 ft putt ot tie with Jeev. Will he make it or not. And he misssssesssssssssit. So Harrington finishes one stroke behind. But its not over yet as Ernie can make a birdie for a play off.
Ernie to play his 2nd shot. An eagle can make Ernie champion, a birdie will tie with Jeev and it'll be a play off. A par means Jeev wins! So some more drama left. Ernie has a tree right in front but it won't interfere with his line. Ernie plays and it goes into bunker. So Ernie can't make an eagle except a miracle. Ernie plays his 3rd shot and he is on the green. But its not an easy putt. So Ernie will need to putt from about 20 to 25 ft. Its not impossible, but much more difficult than Harrington (who missed it from 5 ft). Ernie getting ready for his birdie putt. And I lose the transmission. Oh man! My internet connection is very slow for some reason. Live score shows that Ernie misses the birdie putt. That means Jeev is the CHAMPIONNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still the last group (including Phil Mickelson) is on the field, but no more drama left as all three of them had a bad day.
What a day for Jeev as he overcame 5 stroke deficit to win here in Singapore. So now he has 4 wins in 2008 in three different tours, European, Asian and Japan - just like 2006. Well done Jeev!!!! With this, Jeev should break into top 50 once again. That also means he can play all 4 majors and all big tournaments next year.