Singh hoping for more gain from pain

Jeev Milka Singh must hope the streak of injured major champions can continue at the US PGA Championship as he embarks on his second round at Oakland Hills on Friday. The Indian shot a two-under-par opening round of 68 on Thursday to take the overnight co-lead alongside Robert Karlsson of Sweden, after a rain-curtailed first day of the final major of the year finished with Open champion Padraig Harrington still in touch at the head of the European challenge. That Singh, 36, leads the field while wearing a brace to try and alleviate tendon pain in his right ankle could bode well - given that Tiger Woods won the US Open in June with a cruciate knee ligament damage and a double stress fracture of his tibia and Harrington defended his Open title with an injured wrist that nearly prevented him from playing at Royal Birkdale last... [read full story]