Jeev ends 37th at Dubai Desert Classic

Dubai: Jeev Milkha Singh signed off the Dubai Desert Classic with a tame 73 and dropped to tied 37th even as Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello held his nerve to beat Lee Westwood (70) and Stephen Gallacher (64) on Sunday. Cabrera-Bello tallied 18-under 270, while Westwood and Gallacher were at 17-under 271. Jeev, making his 14th appearance in the Middle-East's oldest event on the European Tour, had a birdie on the fourth...

Tiger in hunt for Pebble Beach title, Atwal out

Pebble Beach, California: Tiger Woods ran off five birdies in a six-hole span to charge up the leaderboard at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Saturday. It was only enough to make up a little ground on Charlie Wi, who played bogey-free at Spyglass Hill for a 3-under 69 to build a three-shot lead as he searches for his first U.S. PGA Tour win. Meanwhile, India's Arjun Atwal crashed out after...

Atwal drops further back in Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach, California: Arjun Atwal's woes continued as he shot a second round 77 to slip to almost the bottom of the leaderboard, but it was not highly likely that he would make the cut after three rounds at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He was nine-over for two days at the par-70 Monterey Peninsula course, the same as Daniel Chopra, who shot 77 at the par-72 Pebble Beach....

Jeev continues to slip in Dubai Desert Classic

Dubai: Jeev Milkha Singh shot a two-under 70 but still found himself falling three places at the end of third round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic here on Saturday. He shot 70 but still dropped to tied 29th, down from overnight 26th. The Indian had three birdies on the front nine on fourth, fifth and seventh and one on 12th on the back stretch, but bogeys on sixth and...

Gangjee tied 16th after Philippine Round 3

Manila: Despite a round of 74, Rahil Gangjee managed to move up one place to be placed tied 16th at the end of the third round of the ICTSI Philippine Open here on Saturday. Gangjee was now three-over for 54 holes as only three players were under par for the tournament, with another two on even par at a wind-swept Wack Wack Golf and Country Club's East course. Conditions continued...

Wi opens up 3-shot lead at Pebble

Pebble Beach, Calif: On a day when sunshine gave way to a light rain, two things stayed the same on Friday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Charlie Wi was still atop the leaderboard, and Tiger Woods didn't hole enough putts to make up ground. Wi escaped most of the rain at Pebble Beach, where he holed a wedge from the 13th fairway for eagle and limited the damage to...

Jeev slips to tied 26th in Dubai, Chowrasia out

Dubai: Jeev Milkha Singh found the going tough as he dropped five bogeys, two in his last thee holes, to end up with a card of 73 and slip from overnight 11th to tied 26th at the midway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Another Indian, SSP Chowrasia, however, missed the cut with a 79. On a day when the scores and scoring conditions were once again good,...

Gangjee tied 17th after Philippine Round 2

Manila: It was tough day out there for the Indians as only four of the eight who started survived the midway cut at the ICTSI Philippine Open on Friday. Rahil Gangjee, who was close to missing the cut after a first day 75, shot a two-under 70, one of the few under-par rounds to leap up to tied 17th at the halfway stage. On a tough day also making the...

Three share Pebble Beach lead, Atwal faces exit

Pebble Beach, California: Dustin Johnson took revenge on the hole that cost him so badly two years earlier by firing an eagle at the third on Thursday, setting up a round of 9-under 63 that gave a share of the lead in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Johnson shared the lead with Charlie Wi, who flirted with a round of 59 before finishing with a 9-under 61 at Monterey Peninsula...

Jeev tied 11th after Dubai Rd 1, 4 off the pace

Dubai: India's Jeev Milkha Singh shot a 5-under 67 to tie for 11th after the opening round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday. SSP Chowrasia earned three strokes fewer than his compatriot to share the 35th spot. Meanwhile, Rafael Cabrera-Bello made nine birdies in his first 11 holes to take the lead, finishing with a 9-under 63 to sit two strokes ahead of Marcel Siem and Scott Jamieson. The...

Chowrasia impressive at Doha, Lawrie wins title

Doha: SSP Chowrasia fired four birdies on the back nine as he recovered from an early triple bogey to finish tied 47th after carding two-under 70 in the final round of the Qatar Masters here on Sunday. Chowrasia, who had been struggling with his form for the last one year had made the cut with two birdies in last three holes and on Sunday he was three-over with a triple...

Woods happy with progress despite Abu Dhabi loss

London: Tiger Woods' joint third-place finish at the Abu Dhabi Championship showed the former world number one was getting closer to regaining his imperious form of old. For the opening three rounds in the desert heat of the Middle East, the 36-year-old American was almost metronomically accurate with his irons and stunningly precise off the tee. Woods's putter was cold on the first day but from then on he found...

Snedeker secures third PGA Tour win

San Diego: A stunned Brandt Snedeker experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions on his way to an unexpected playoff victory over fellow American Kyle Stanley in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Sunday. Just over an hour after believing he had secured second place in the PGA Tour event, Snedeker took advantage of a last-hole blunder by Stanley in regulation to triumph for a third time on the...

Kieffer beats Gangjee in Kensville play-off

Ahmedabad: Max Kieffer of Germany made his first-ever visit to India a memorable one by edging out Rahil Gangjee in the first play-off hole to win the Gujarat Kensville Challenge here on Saturday. At the beautiful but very demanding Kensville Course, which has been designed by Col KD Bagga and carries Jeev Milkha Singh's signature, Gangjee (71) and Kieffer (70) finished the regulation four rounds tied at seven-under 281. In...

Rock beats McIlroy, Woods for Abu Dhabi title

Abu Dhabi: Robert Rock held his nerve Sunday to beat U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for the biggest win of the Englishman's career. The 117th-ranked Rock shot a 2-under 70 for an overall 13-under 275 to beat the 22-year Northern Irishman by a shot and the 14-major winner by two. Woods finished in a tie for third with Thomas Bjorn (68)...