Great going Jeev

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: The new leader on the Asian Tour Order of Merit - and one who will most probably win the title - Jeev Milkha Singh created some more records and went on to make the headlines when he won his third title this season, the five million dollar Barclays Singapore Open on Sunday. And he beat a world-class field — one that boasted two-time major winner this year, Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els. Taking home the winner’s cheque of US$792,500 Jeev now leads the 2008 Asian Tour Order of Merit with a margin of US$655,000 over his nearest rival and is well placed to win his second Asian Tour Order of Merit title in three years, as he is still to play two of the remaining four events. Only second placed Mark Brown can dislodge him from the top, but he needs to win all of the next four tournaments to be able to do so. He is now the first player to cross the one million dollar mark in earnings in a single season. His sixth career Asian Tour victory took his earnings to US$ 1.4 million for this season alone!

This victory moved Jeev up to 46th in the world rankings and will hopefully be enough to seal his entry into the only major championship that was eluding him so far for next year, the 2009 US Masters. He is scheduled to play all the other three majors and I am sure his invite for the Masters will be in the post soon enough. There is no way anyone can ignore this Singh now as he goes about his business and achieves his dream of becoming a ‘world golfer’.