Rashid leads group of 13 Indians at Singapore Open golf

Rashid Khan (IND) on the 4th tee during Round 4 of the UBS Hong Kong Open, at Hong Kong golf club, Fanling, Hong Kong. 26/11/2017 Picture: Golffile | Thos Caffrey All photo usage must carry mandatory copyright credit (© Golffile | Thos Caffrey)

Sentosa, Singapore, January 15: Rashid Khan, SSP Chawrasia and Shiv Kapur, who stayed in contention for the first three days last week in Hong Kong will once again be in the thick of action at the SMBC Singapore Open which starts on Thursday.

Rashid, who finished Tied-sixth, as Kapur and Chawrasia faded away in the final round, has now placed himself as the top ranked Indian golfer in a year when two Olympic places are up for grabs from India.

Rashid, the only Indian in the Top-200 of the world is 194thwith Shubhankar Sharma (244th) and Shiv Kapur (281st) being the next two best. Sharma is playing in Abu Dhabi this week, while Kapur is one of the 13 players in the field in Singapore.

Apart from Rashid and Kapur, the other Indians are SSP Chawrasia, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rahil Gangjee, S Chikkarangappa, Khalin Joshi, Chiragh Kumar, Udayan Mane, Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa, Viraj Madappa and Aman Raj.

Interestingly Randhawa (2000) and Jeev (2008) are former winners of the event.

Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond is ready to light up the stage again as he aims to become the second player in the history books of the Singapore Open to successfully defend his title.

It has been more than a decade since Australia’s Adam Scott retained the iconic Singapore Open title at the Serapong Course in Sentosa Golf Club in 2005 and 2006, which is also the Home of the Asian Tour.

But with the form that the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion is currently enjoying, he is once again expected to be one of the favourites for the Singapore showpiece, which continues to be part of The Open Qualifying Series for the fourth consecutive year.

Jazz enjoyed a season like no other in 2019 when he swept aside all his rivals with four victories along with capturing the coveted Order of Merit trophy.

Korea’s Doyeob Mun, who secured one of the four spots to The Open at the SMBC Singapore Open last year, still holds vivid memories of his last outing to the Lion City and is relishing the challenges at the Serapong course again.

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