Jeev, Jyoti, Atwal ready for Senior Open in Wales

NEW DELHI: Top Indian golfers Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa have never played a Major together in their regular career, but now at 50-plus, they will compete at the wet and windy Royal Porthcawl here for the Senior Open, one of the Majors for players over 50 years of age.

Relishing the thought of being back together at the same event, just as they had done for two decades and more from junior days to pro days before moving past 50 (to become seniors), they were excited to hook up despite the wet and windy weather.

The ‘Big Three’, as they are always called, have seven World Tour wins between them, five wins in Japan and one on the PGA TOUR among their total collection of 40 international titles. While Jeev was twice Asia No 1, the other two were on top once each.

Jeev played and missed the cut at the Senior Open last year when it was held at Gleneagles. Atwal and Randhawa, on their part, are playing their maiden Senior Major.

Atwal has played three senior events before this week and two of them have been Majors and he made the cut in both. For Randhawa, it will be his debut in seniors.

“This will be my fourth Senior event and three have been Majors. I am going to play a mix of Seniors and a few events that I can get on in the PGA TOUR,” said Atwal, the only Indian who has won on the biggest Tour in the world.

Jeev has been playing a lot of Senior events around the world — a few in the US and several others in Europe and Japan, too. He has had some top-10s, too, but none in Majors.

“I love the links and the Royal Porthcawl was my introduction to Links golf when I was about 15. We came for a Junior Amateur event. We (Amandeep Johl and Uttam Singh Mundy) had travelled from Paris and had run out of money,” Jeev recalled. Agencies

Also Read: Stokes ready to end series on high after ‘emotionless’ draw

Also Watch: