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Indians fail to qualify for British Open

KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 7. India's hopes of making it to the British Open golf Masters were dashed as all the four contenders failed to make an impact at the International Final Qualifying-Asia at Saujana Golf and Country Club here on Thursday.

Singapore's Mardan Mamat walked away with the top spot while the second qualifier, local lad Danny Chia became the first Malaysian to make it to the Open.

Australian Richard Moir won the last ticket as he tied with Chia at five-under 139, two shots behind Mamat.

The four Indians in the fray failed to make a mark and were left far behind. Amandeep Johl ended at one-under 143 (73, 70) after two days, while Jeev Milkha Singh (71, 73) was at par, and Rahil Gangjee (73, 74) at three-over failed to come up with a good performance. Jyoti Randhawa, who made the cut to the British Open in 2004, pulled out after the first round of two-over 74.

The scores:

137: Mardan Mamat (Sin, 66, 71). 139: Richard Moir (Aus, 71, 68); Danny Chia (Mas, 67, 72) — top three players qualify for the British Open. 141: Yeh Wei-Tze (Tpe, 68, 73); Jason Dawes (Aus, 70, 71). 142: Lee Sung-Man (Kor, 76, 66). 143: Amandeep Johl (Ind, 73, 70). 144: Terry Pilkadaris (Aus, 75, 69); Bryan Saltus (USA, 70, 74); Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind, 71, 73); Peter Teravainen (USA, 73, 71); Unho Park (Aus, 74, 70). 145: Greg Hanrahan (USA, 74, 71); Yoshinobu Tsukada (Jpn, 75, 70). 146: Sushi Ishigaki (Jpn, 74, 72). 147: Scott Barr (Aus, 71, 76); Ross Bain (Sco, 76, 71); Rahil Gangjee (Ind, 73, 74); Marcus Both (Aus, 76, 71). 149: Angelo Que (Phi, 77, 72). 150: Zaw Moe (Myn, 75, 75); Kim Felton (Aus, 73, 77); Soushi Tajima. 152: Akinori Tani (Jpn, 74, 78). 153: David Gleeson (Aus, 80, 73). 158: Kyi Hla Han (Myn, 81, 77); Pat Giles (Aus, 77, 81). WD: Jyoti Randhawa (Ind, 74); Adam Fraser (Aus, 75). DQ: Simon Yates (Sco, 73); Rick Gibson (Can, 66). — PTI

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