New Delhi: Jeev Milkha Singh’s second-place finish in the Indonesia Open saw him move 10 places up to No. 83 in the world golf rankings on Monday, just one spot behind Jyoti Randhawa who remains India’s highest-ranked golfer at No. 82.
Jeev came close to lifting his second European Tour title, in Jakarta on Sunday, only to bogey the final hole and hand Felipe Aguilar of Chile the title.
Randhawa, ranked 85th last week, moved up three places after his tied seventh-place finish in Jakarta. He is also the second-highest ranked Asian, though way behind No. 8 K.J. Choi of South Korea.
Indian Masters winner S.S.P. Chowrasia, who skipped the Jakarta event, is the No. 3 Indian at 164, followed by Gaurav Ghei (214) and Shiv Kapur (267). Arjun Atwal is at 375 and Rahil Gangjee at 392.
Randhawa also crossed the $2 million barrier. He received $30,960 for his efforts in Jakarta that took his career earnings to $2,009,509. He is only the second player, after Thongchai Jaidee, to surpass the $2 million barrier. The Thai leads with $2,605,237.
Still on top of the Asian Order of Merit is Chowrasia with $416,660, while Jeev rose to second after picking up $133,330 in Jakarta.
Chowrasia will be seen in action on the Asian Tour at the inaugural SAIL Open in Noida from Wednesday.
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WORLD RANKINGS
(Top 10, last week’s positions in brackets)
1. (1) Tiger Woods (US) 19.71 average points; 2. (2) Phil Mickelson (US) 10.18; 3. (3) Steve Stricker (US) 6.48; 4. (4) Ernie Els (RSA) 6.23; 5. (5) Adam Scott (Aus) 6.05; 6. (7) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.77; 7. (6) Jim Furyk (US) 5.75; 8. (9) K.J. Choi (Kor) 5.73; 9. (8) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 5.62; 10. (11) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 5.24.
ASIAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT
(Top 10)
1. S.S.P. Chowrasia (Ind) $416,660; 2. Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) $133,330; 3. Digvijay Singh (Ind) $115,500; 4. Prom Meesawat (Tha) $81,060; 5. Gaurav Ghei (Ind) $73,640; 6. Mark Brown (NZ) $64,690; 7. Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) $56,960; 8. Arjun Atwal (Ind) $56,740; 9. Scott Hend (Aus) $40,860; 10. Hendrik Buhrmann (RSA) $40,500.
