Jeev Milkha Singh grabs Singapore Open glory

India's Jeev Milkha Singh won a nail-biting Singapore Open on November 16 after Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els came agonisingly close to taking the $5 million Asian Tour event to a playoff.

Singh, who virtually sealed the Asian order of merit title with the win, started the day five shots behind leader Chapchai Nirat of Thailand but three birdies on the front nine helped him to the top of the leader board at seven under par.

Three-times major winner Harrington looked certain to force a playoff after a stunning fairway wood gave him the chance of birdie at the last, but the Irishman's five-foot putt leaked across the face of the hole.

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Vijay Singh wins his fourth Barclays Classic title after playoff

Vijay Singh of Fiji won his fourth Barclays Classic title on August 24 after beating Spain's Sergio Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland in a playoff.

Singh birdied both playoff holes at Ridgewood Country Club on the way to snaring the title.

A three-times winner of the event when it was played across the Hudson River at Westchester Country Club, Singh matched Garcia's birdie on the first playoff hole (18th) while Sutherland was eliminated.

The 45-year-old Singh then birdied the parfive 17th to close out world number four Garcia, who hit his tee shot into the left rough, punched out into the right rough and narrowly missed a birdie chip.

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Chopra leads in United States: Jeev, Kapur in top-20 in Europe

Daniel Chopra may have missed most of the fairways but he still played some amazing golf to give himself a two-shot lead and fair shot at his third PGA Tour title in eight months at the end of the third round in Buick Open at Warwick Hills.

Chopra, who was nicknamed Rambo by some of his rivals' caddies for his ability to rebound back despite missing the fairways, shot four-under 68 to be at 16-under 200 after 54 holes on June 28.

The Stockholm-born Chopra was two shots ahead of the trio of Dudley Hart (70) who had his first bogey of the tournament on the 18th, Bubba Watson (68) and Woody Austin (69), who were tied for second.

Second-round leader Bo Van Pelt (73) was another shot back along with Kenny Perry (67), the highest-ranked player in the field.

Despite the two shot lead, Chopra said any of the 10 players who are 12 under or better have a chance to win at Warwick Hills, one of the easier courses on the PGA Tour. "It's going to be an absolute shootout," he predicted.

Chopra, who won the Gin-Sur Classic last year and Mercedes Championships in the first event of this year, went to the top of the leader board for the first time at the ninth hole Hart bogeyed for the first time in the tournament.

Chopra found just three of the 14 fairways but he played amazing golf from the roughs and recovered well enough to find 13 of 18 greens. He showed superb and innovative shot making with the irons and wedges and scrambled for par and even got birdies.

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