New Delhi, Aug 02: Failing to capitalise on a good start, India's Jeev Milkha Singh today shot a five-over 77 to slip to tied-60th position at the 120 million yen-Aiful Cup, being played at the par-72 Twinfields Golf Club in Ishikawa, Japan. Jeev, who had opening two rounds of 66 and 71, slipped right down the leader-board at an aggregate of two-under 314 after a bogey-splattered third round today.
The 31-year old Indian, who began his round with a bogey, went on to drop shots on the fourth, sixth and seventh to make the turn at four-over.
A birdie on the tenth raised hopes of a revival but bogeys on the 16th and 18th further worsened his position. He was found wanting on the greens where he tallied as many as 33 putts, according to information received here.
Overnight leader Taichi Teshima was joined by fellow Japanese golfers Hidehisa Shikata and Tetsuji Hiratsuka in the lead at 15-under 201. While Teshima and Hiratsuka have returned tied-second finishes at the crowns and the Fujisankei classic respectively earlier this season, the surprise packet was Shikata, whose best finishes this season has been a tied-26th effort at the Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open.
Shikata's round of four-under 68 was studded with birdies on the third, tenth, 11th, 15th, 17th and 18th, while his bogey holes proved to be the sixth and 12th.
Two strokes behind the leaders was Australian Wayne Perske whose at 13-under 203 took him to the fourth place. Bureau Report