India’s Jyoti Randhawa maintained the position of India’s highest-ranked golfer at No. 82 while compatriot Jeev Milkha Singh’s placed just one spot behind him after moving 10 places up to No. 83. Jeev’s second-place finish in the recent Indonesia Open gave him the boost up in the latest world golf rankings released on Monday.
This particular month has really brought a double delight for Randhawa, who also surpassed the $2 million landmark. He received $30,960 for his fine performance in Jakarta taking his career earnings to $2,009,509.
Randhawa is only the second Asian player after Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, to cross the $2 million barrier. Jaidee still leads the way with $2,605,237.
Jeev, who had to just bogey the final hole to win his second European Tour title, lost it by a whisker after handing the title to Felipe Aguilar of Chile in Jakarta on last Sunday.
Randhawa, ranked 85th last week, moved three places up after his tied seventh-place finish in Indonesia Open. Incidentally he is also the second-highest ranked Asian, but way behind to No. 8 ranked K.J. Choi of South Korea.
Inaugural Indian Masters winner S.S.P. Chowrasia, who didn’t participate in the Jakarta event, is placed at No. 3 Indian at 164, followed by Gaurav Ghei (214) and Shiv Kapur (267). Arjun Atwal is at 375 while Rahil Gangjee is at 392.
But Chowrasia still stays on top of the Asian Order of Merit with $416,660, while Jeev moved to second after earning $133,330 in Jakarta. Chowrasia will be back in action on the Asian Tour’s inaugural SAIL Open in Noida from Wednesday.
ASIAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT (TOP TEN)
(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 and (10) Hendrik Buhrmann (RSA) $40,500.
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