Clearwater (Florida): Jeev Milkha Singh's
improved card of level-par 71 in the second round could not
save him from missing the cut as the Indian missed the mark
by one stroke in the PGA Transitions Championship golf
tournament here.
The Chandigarh golfer sank three birdies but a bogey and
a double bogey spoilt his card as Jeev aggregated 145 at the
Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort.
If it was the back nine blues in the opening round, Jeev
had a torrid time in his front nine in the second round after
he stumbled on a bogey in the second hole to go one-over.
But the Indian soon nailed a couple of birdies in the
third and fourth holes to be back on track before dropping a
double bogey on the eighth hole to take the turn at one-over.
On his way back, Jeev picked up a shot at the 12th hole
to draw level but birdies eluded him henceforth and he was
left stranded one stroke behind the cut line which was
decided at 144.
Irish golfer Padraig Harrington fired six-under 65 to
grab the lead at 134, with former winner Carl Pettersson (68),
defending champion Retief Goosen (68) and American duo of Jim
Furyk (68) and Bubba Watson (65), trailing him by one stroke.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 16:18