Jeev Milkha Singh is on a roll. Last Sunday he won his second international tournament of the year ? the Sega Sammy Cup on the Japanese Tour. After winning the Austrian Open, which is a part of the European Tour, two months ago, he maintained momentum with a second victory this season and the way he is playing, a few more wins before the end of the year will not
be surprising.
Jeev played superb golf to card his third career win on the Japanese Tour. While he carded 18 straight pars in the final round to win in Austria ? a feat that got him compared to Nick Faldo ? he holed a 20-footer on the last hole to insure his victory at the Sega Sammy Cup. This was after he birdied three of the last four holes to surge ahead. The week saw him card 67, 74, 68 and a final round 66 to win by two strokes. Jeev who started the week ranked 75th in the world, moved up to 66th place after his victory and is quite close to achieving his goal of getting back into the top-50 on the World Ranking.
In spite of a nagging foot injury for which he has been advised complete rest by his doctors, Jeev has not only defied the idea of rest but went out and won his second tournament this season, enough to prove that he is raring to go. He is now a regular winner on the European and Japanese Tour ? the only Indian to win European Tour events in Europe as all other Indian winners have been on Asian soil ? and he has definitely hit big time.
Meanwhile, in other action around the world, Padraig Harrington won an exciting British Open, taking home his second Claret Jug. The Irishman played like a champion and maintained his composure to overcome the tough conditions and even stronger competition.
However, it was a delight to watch Greg Norman, who led the tournament till the final round, bidding to become the oldest major winner in history. The most amazing fact was that he started the tournament with the intention of using it as a warm up for the Senior British Open and the Senior US Open, which concludes this week!
While Bruce Vaughan won the Senior British Open at Royal Troon, the two players getting all the attention on the Champions Tour are Norman and Bernhard Langer. While Norman almost won the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale only to loose out in the final round, Langer, who leads the Champions Tour Money List and is ranked second on the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit, led the US Senior PGA Championship going into the final round but failed to convert it into victory.
All the various professional golf tours are in full swing and this is the season when the most important major championships are played. Jeev and Jyoti Randhawa now head to Michigan for the USPGA Championship. And not to mention the Ryder Cup which will be held next week. So keep watching, there?s enough golf left to keep you indoors.