Golf News -


Jeev after accepting Trophy


Kissing trophy of the Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria.


Jeev with his wife, Kudrat, after putting final shot.

Jeev Milkha Singh has won the 2008 Bank Austria Golf Open after a fascinating but steady final round in which he scored 18 consecutive pars for a one shot victory over England's Simon Wakefield. Jeev emulated great Nick Faldo’s final round of 18 consecutive pars at the 1987 British Open Championship .

This is Jeev's first title after 2006 Volvo Masters in Spain ... Then he was in contention of few tournaments but couldn't managed to cross final hurdle ... Creditable performance from Jeev to win his 3rd European title and 13th International title ... With this win he moves to ninth position on The European Tour Order of Merit with €731,692.

This win also bring back Jeev in top-75 of World Golf Ranking ... Also Jeev is jumped to #71 from #90 and pushed Jyoti to 2nd in Indian ranking, who is on #74 on WGR ... So their cat and mouse game continue ... But its really good to see this friendly rivalry between these two ... This is definitely helping them to bring out their best on the course and I feel this will also help them to break into top 50 WGR.

At Bank Austria Golf Open, Vienna, Austria - Final Standing
1 Jeev Milkha Singh IND 64 63 71 -15 € 216660.00
2 Simon Wakefield ENG 66 65 68 -14 € 144440.00
T3 Pelle Edberg SWE 64 72 65 -12 € 57200.00
T3 Martin Erlandsson SWE 67 69 65 -12 € 57200.00
T3 Peter Fowler AUS 65 67 69 -12 € 57200.00
T3 Michael Jonzon SWE 70 64 67 -12 € 57200.00
T3 Iain Pyman ENG 69 67 65 -12 € 57200.00

Jeev Milkha Singh - "I feel very fortunate to win with 18 pars. Shooting even par on the last day it's tough to win and Simon put up a great fight. I think the golfing Gods were looking out for me. They did not want a play-off with the bad weather forecast! I didn't hit my last putt hard enough but it caught the edge of the hole and went in. I had no idea about matching Nick Faldo. I was trying to make birdies but they just weren't going in. When you have a lead you don't want to be too aggressive or too defensive, you just play 'mediocre' golf and hit fairways and greens. It's great to win, it's always a feather in your cap. I've knocked on the door a few times this season and at last the door has opened for me. I'm pretty excited about that."
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Tennis News -
At $200K DFS Classic Birmingham, Great Britain (Grass)

[Q1] (8) Sunitha Rao (IND,155) bt (WC) Anna Smith (GBR,455) 61 64
[Q2] (8) Sunitha Rao (IND,155) bt (14) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA,175) 36 64 76(4)

Maindraw -
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,32) Bye

So with superb comeback victory Sunitha qualified for maindraw of DFS Classic grass court tournament ... She fought until end with Scheepers to grab this victory ... Congrats Sunitha.