In winning the Singapore Open Jeev Milkha Singh’s became the Asian Tour’s first single-season millionaire.
The Indian golfer’s one-stroke win over Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els after a final-round 69 at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday was his third victory of the season, enabling him to all but clinch the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit for the second time in three years.
First prize in the $5 million Singapore Open was worth $792,500, raising his season total to $1.4 million. That’s $655,000 ahead of second-place Mark Brown of New Zealand, who missed the cut at Singapore.
There are four individual events left on the Asian tour’s 2008 schedule, including this week’s Hong Kong Open.
In a recent interview with The Caddy India’s Anirban Lahiri mentioned that Golf wasn’t massive in India. Well, if Singh can keep winning, then maybe a few more heads will be turned!
