New Delhi, Oct 06: Paying the price for inconsistency, the Indian duo of Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal finished tied for the 50th place on the penultimate day of the US$-6 million WGC-American Express Championship and will now attempt to climb up the leaderboard which has Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh at the top.
The championship, being played at the tough Crabapple course of Capital City Club at Woodstock near Atlanta, appears to be heading for a shootout between the number one player in the world Woods and number three Vijay Singh.
According to information recieved here yesterday from the par-70 course, Randhawa stumbled on his back nine again and submitted a card of four-over 74, while Atwal dropped three strokes in the end for his second successive two-over 72.
That put them at tied 50th place at 10-over 220. Thai star Thongchai Jaidee, the third Asian PGA tour player in fray this week, produced a sensational eagle-two en route to a two-over 72, which tied him for 33rd place at seven-over 217.


Bureau Report