Jeev Milkha Singh`s title defence did
not come to fruition and the Indian ace signed off with an
even-par 70 to finish sixth in the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
here on Sunday.
|Last Updated: Dec 06, 2009, 03:15 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Tokyo: Jeev Milkha Singh`s title defence did
not come to fruition and the Indian ace signed off with an
even-par 70 to finish sixth in the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
here on Sunday.
Going into the final round two strokes off the lead, Jeev
needed something special to defend the title he had won in
extraordinary circumstances last year but all he managed was a
level-par 70 that left him five-under 275 at the lone sixth
place.
Shigeki Maruyama (271) fired a six-under 64 to win the
title at nine-under 271.
Jeev pocketed 4,768,291 yen for his exploits.
Last year, Jeev had decided to withdraw from the event
after his wife had delivered a stillborn baby but then opted
to play and eventually won the title.
Jeev looked in control in his front nine where the sixth
hole birdie punctuated his strong par shots.
Jeev had a disastrous bogey-bogey start to his back nine
that pushed him on the backfoot and he did manage to sign off
with a level-par courtesy the 16th hole birdie but his title
defence was over by then.
PTI
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