Indian golfers credit Asian Tour for their success

Published Fri, Feb 05 10 04:30 PM

Sentosa, Feb 5 (PTI) Indian golfers, including star Chandigarh pro Jeev Milkha Singh today attributed their global success on the exposure they got by playing on the Asian Tour. From the likes of Jeev, Arjun Atwal, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Gaurav Ghei, Shiv Kapur, SSP Chowrasia, C Muniyappa, Feroz Ali to Anirban Lahiri all have excelled after launching their careers from the Asian Tour. India holds the proud record of producing the most number of Asian Tour Order of Merit champions, through Jeev in 2006 and 2008, Atwal in 2004 and Jyoti Randhawa, the country''s first Asian number one in 2002. Jeev, who holds six wins in Asia and is now an honorary member of the Asian Tour, credited the Tour for giving him the platform to launch his career. "This is where I started from and I will never forget that. I will always go back and support the Asian Tour. The way the Asian Tour has grown is fantastic to see. I feel and strongly believe that the Asian Tour will continue to grow and produce top-class players," said Jeev. Atwal, who has won seven times on the Asian Tour, said the region''s circuit, which has travelled to 19 different countries over the years, helped him shape well. "My first Q-school was in 1995 and just to learn how to make cuts and be in contention and finally win, all those I learnt on the Asian Tour," said Atwal. More PTI SSC AT

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