Chopra makes final stage: Q-school

Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra qualified for the final stage of the US PGA Tour Qualifying School tournament.

He finished with a two-under 286 to emerge in tied-18th position after the completion of the second stage of qualifying on the Orange Country National Club in Orlando, Florida, United States.

He had scores of 65, 74, 75 and 72 in the four rounds of the event, which was won by Florida's Danny Ellis with an eight-under 280.

Three PGA tour veterans tied for top honours. Danny Ellis, Marco Dawson and Jim McGovern finished at eight-under 280, leading 22 players into the finals. Others to advance included Brad Fabel, Michael Bradley, Scott Gump, Doug Dunakey and Nolan Henke.

Jyoti Randhawa, the other Indian playing the Q-School, finished tied-57th at 10-over 298. Randhawa, who failed to qualify, had scores of 75, 77, 69 and 77.

The top 20 players and ties from the venue will make it to the final stage of Qualifying School, which will be a six-round affair at the Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, starting from November 27. The second-stage qualifying also took place at Panama City Beach, Florida and Beaumont, California this week. Three other second-stage tournaments were held last week.

Last week Jeev Milkha Singh qualified for the final stage of the US PGA Tour Qualifying School tournament.

The first Indian golfer to play on the European Tour, he finished with a four-under 284 to emerge in tied-seventh position after the completion of the second stage of qualifying on the Black Horse Course, Seaside, California, United States.

Jeev had scores of 69, 73, 69 and 73 in the four rounds of the event, which was won by Alabama's Tyler Williamson with a nine-under 279.

The 29-year-old Jeev had finished tied sixth in the Telefonica Open de Madrid a fortnight ago.