hindu.com
08-Aug-2008
— Photo: AP SIZZLING START: Jeev Milkha Singh acquitted himself well to share the lead after a rain-curtailed opening day of the PGA Championship on Thursday. Bloomfield Township (USA): On a day when only six golfers managed to break par, India’s Jeev Milkha Singh survived the test of patience from “The Monster” to card a two-under 68 and grab a share of the lead in the first round of the 90th PGA golf championship, here on Thursday. Jeev was tied with Swede Robert Karlsson before thunderstorms and darkness forced an early end to the proceedings. Nicknamed “The Monster,” the Oakland Hills bared its fangs and 16 of the 18 holes on the course went over par with the first, sixth, 16th and 18th producing more than 10 scores of double bogey or worse. “A great test of golf and patience,” was how Jeev described the course after...
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