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Jeev Milkha Singh stays on top

Kent: High scores littered a wind-swept day but Jeev Milkha Singh gamely hung on for a round of one-under 71 which was good enough to remain at the top after the penultimate round of the European Open golf tournament here.

Jeev was joined by Frenchman Christian Cevaer at the top with a three-day total of nine-under 207, three shots clear of the chasing pack comprising Rory McIlroy, Alvaro Quiros and Christian Wood.

Shiv Kapur (216) and Jyoti Randhawa (218), however, were not equally lucky and both returned their worst card of the week — 75 and 79 — to lie tied 24th and tied 47th, respectively.

Jeev too looked in trouble in the earlier holes. Thanks to five bogeys and a couple of birdies, Jeev in fact approached the 13th hole at three-over before he reeled off a birdie hat-trick to go even-par and then picked up one more stroke on the 17th to sign off with a sub-par card, no mean achievement in itself.

“I just got aggressive,” Jeev later said. “I took the gamble on the 14th hole. They moved the tee up, it was very tempting. After that, I made a good birdie putt on 15, and then I birdied 16, hit a great shot into 17, birdied that,” Jeev said. — PTI

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