La Quinta : Arjun Atwal suffered a dramatic fall over the last three holes, dropping four shots in that span to plummet to tied 109th after the fourth round of Final Stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School. Atwal carded 76 and after first three rounds of 74, 64 and 70. Atwal had a birdie-bogey start from first and then bogeyed again on seventh, before finding birdies on eighth and ninth. He bogeyed 10th, but got that shot back with a birdie on 11th.
A bogey on 13th was followed by two pars and then came a bogey-bogey-double bogey run that may well spell the end of his challenge in the Six Round tournament. Daniel Chopra (68-66-76-71) is lying tied 69th. Bhavik Patel an American of Indian origin shot 67 and moved up to tied 37th spot at 11-under 277. South Koreas Dong-hwan Lee shot an 8-under 64 on PGA West's Stadium Course to take a two-stroke lead. He had a 19-under 269 total in the six-round event.
The 25-year-old Lee has played the last five seasons on the Japanese tour, winning the 2007 Mizuno Open and 2011 Toshin Open. He was the tours rookie of the year in 2006. Edward Loar, Meen Whee Kim, Vaughn Taylor and Richard H.
Lee were tied for second after their rounds on the Stadium Course. Richard H. Lee had a 64, Taylor shot 70, Loar 71, and Kim 73. Sweden's Robert Karlsson, an 11-time winner on the European Tour winner,
10:18 PM, Dec 02, 2012
La Qunita: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal sparkled with a flawless eight-under 64 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course for a share of the 31st spot after the second round of the PGA Tour Qualifying School here. Atwal, a former winner on the PGA Tour, vaulted from a lowly 150th to tied 31st at six-under 138 at the end of the second round of the gruelling six-round qualifiers. Meanwhile, Daniel Chopra, 20th...
12:39 PM, Nov 30, 2012
La Quinta: Arjun Atwal paid the penalty of a poor finish with a bogey and a double in last three holes to return a card of two-over 74 which pushed him to tied 150th place after the first round of the six-round PGA Tour Qualifying School tournament. Atwal, who came through as seventh in second stage, will now find things tough in the Final Stage as he tries to overcome...
04:44 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Brooksville (Florida): Indian golfer Arjun Atwal moved within one round of making the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School after he turned in a creditable four-under 68 in the third round of the second stage to be tied third. Atwal, who carded a 67 and 70 in the first two rounds is, now 11-under and lying tied third with one more round to go. Anirban Lahiri at tied...
10:21 AM, Nov 17, 2012
