Jeev and Randhawa have high expectations from golf World Cup
By IANSWednesday, November 25, 2009
SHENZHEN - Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa are all set to represent India at the 2009 World Cup of Golf at the Mission Hills Golf Club starting here Thursday.
Jeev, currently ranked 57 in the official world golf rankings, earned the direct berth for India by virtue of his ranking. Jyoti will partner Jeev at this mega-event.
This is the fourth occasion that India have earned a direct qualification for the World Cup finals. India had earlier earned direct qualification for the world cup in 2005, 2007 and 2008. In the year 2005, the Indians had put up their best performance as the team of Randhawa and Arjun Atwal had finished a creditable ninth.
Jeev will make his second appearance at the World Cup in November. He has been consistent through the 2009 season with a fourth place at the WGC-CA Championship and tied fifth and sixth finishes at The European Open and The Celtic Manor Wales Open, respectively. He also posted a tied seventh at the Turning Stone Resort Championship in the United States and was recently tied 13th at the Dubai World Championship.
The Chandigarh golfer finished 34th in the European Tour Race to Dubai rankings for 2009.
“I am excited to represent India once again at the World Cup. I am looking forward to a good week this time around. Jyoti has performed reasonably well this year, having won a title earlier in the season. I am positive that we will put up a good team effort, Jeev said.
Jyoti, who will partner Jeev for the second time at the World Cup, has come up with some impressive performances this season. Jyoti won the Singha Thailand Open earlier this year and was also the joint runner-up at the Maybank Malaysian Open. His other good finishes came at the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open and the WGC-HSBC Champions where he finished tied seventh and tied 19th respectively. He is currently placed fifth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
“Jeev and I make a good team. I believe, if we play up to our potential, we have a great chance this year,” said Randhawa.
The Indian team will compete against 27 other teams from around the world in what has now become one of the showpiece events of the golfing world.
