Jeev Milkha Singh blew a two-shot lead on the last three holes to finish runner-up to Chilean Felipe AguilarJAKARTA: Jeev Milkha Singh blew a two-shot lead with three holes to go and virtually handed the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open trophy to rookie Felipe Aguilar of Chile here on Sunday.
The experienced Indian golfer, who won four times in 2006, landed two eagles during the day but collapsed when it came to the finish, as he bogeyed the 16th and 18th. On the 18th needing to hole a par putt from inside four feet to get into play-off, Jeev’s putt lipped out for a bogey and that gave Aguilar the title at the par-70 Cengkareng Golf Club.
Jeev (67) finished at 17-under 263 for sole second, his best this season, while Aguilar, who made a great second shot on the 18th and followed it up with a confident birdie putt from five feet, finished with a round of 68 and a total of 18-under 262 for his maiden European Tour win.
Down the line another Indian Jyoti Randhawa burnt up the course with a eight-under 62 and raced up to tied seventh, up from overnight 28th, while Arjun Atwal (67) finished 10th, as Indians had three players in top-10 for the second week running in an event co-sanctioned by Asian and European Tours.
Last week at Indian Masters, while SSP Chowrasia was the winner, Digvijay Singh was fourth and Gaurav Ghei sixth. Gaurav Ghei (69) in tied 40th at six-under 274 and Shiv Kapur (70) in tied 44th at five-under 275 were the other Indian finishers.
