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Thursday, Aug 17, 2006

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Crowne Plaza Open from today

Yalong Bay (China) : Digvijay Singh and Gaurav Ghei will begin with happy memories in the Crowne Plaza Open as it tees-off at Yalong Bay Golf Club on Hainan island for the first time, to mark the start of second half of the Asian Tour season.

The tournament should spur Digvijay, as the Indian had one of his best finishes of tied third place at the Crowne Plaza last year, when it was held at Grand Epoch in Beijing.

For Ghei, the venue holds positive memories since he, playing the TCL Classic at the same Yalong Bay Golf Club in Hainan, finished tied fifth which more or less made his task of making the card for 2007 fairly easy.

The two will be among a total of nine Indians in the field for the $200,000 event. Of them, Amandeep Johl, ranked 17th on the UBS Asian Tour Order of Merit, and second at the Pakistan Open earlier this year, will be hoping to achieve his breakthrough win.

Other Indians in the field include Harmeet Kahlon, Rahil Gangjee, Amritinder Singh, Uttam Singh Mundy, S.S.P. Chowrasia and Gurbaaz Mann. — PTI

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