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Jeev, Kapur finish tied 26th
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April 23, 2006 16:55 IST

Jeev Milkha Singh [Images] and Shiv Kapur produced their best golf of the week to finish tied 26th in the USD 1.8 million BMW [Images] Asian Open at the Tomson Pudong Shanghai Golf Club in Shanghai on Sunday.

But the day belonged to Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano who won a dramatic finish to take his second title and a cheque of USD 300,000 to make his fortnight in China worth half a million.

The Spanish golfer, the European Rookie of the Year in 2005, was second behind Jeev last week in Volvo China Open where he took USD 200,000. Jeev and Kapur took USD 16,290 each this week.

While Kapur had five birdies and just one bogey in his four-under 68, Jeev had no bogeys, but he did call a penalty on himself for touching the water on his backswing while hitting out of the hazard on the ninth.

He took five strokes, but put down a seven including a two-shot penalty, but for which he would have been under par for the week and inside top-20.

"But that's not the way I would like," said Jeev, who last week won his fist title in seven years at the Volvo China Open in Beijing [Images].

"No one noticed, but I knew I had touched the water on my backswing and I cannot keep quiet about that, so I took a seven on that."

While Jeev had his dramatic moments in the morning, Fernandez-Castano produced some scintillating golf in closing stages and then won a play-off ahead of Henrik Stenson, who had led the field for more than three and a half days only to lose in the end.



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