Sports India

Jeev Milkha Singh continues his journey on the Japan Tour, as he tees up for The Golf Tournament, Omazaeki, at the Shizuoka Country Hamaoka Course and Hotel here today.

The 34-year-old Indian, who revels in playing tournaments rather than taking a break for training, has been playing on the trot for almost four months.

Jeev is now the highest ranked Indian in world rankings at 146th, moving ahead of Jyoti Randhawa (164th), Arjun Atwal (183rd) and Shiv Kapur (184th).

Starting with his win at the Volvo China Open in April, he has played every week, including the one before the US Open, where he played 36 holes in a single day to qualify for the US Open and has been achieving some terrific results.

In 14 tournament starts since then, Jeev has raked up a phenomenal performance of eight top-10 finishes and has missed the cut only twice.

He made the cut at the US Open finishing tied 58th and his other two finishes have been tied 21st at Wales Open and tied 31st Munsingwear KSB Open in Japan .

“I am playing well and enjoying it. So, there is no question of being tired,” said Jeev, who tied fifth last week at Sega Sammy Cup.

“I am hitting well and as long as I am in contention, I know I can win any week.”

Jeev is doing very well on the Order of Merit on all three tours. He leads the rankings in Asian Tour’s UBS Order of Merit; he is 19th in Japan and 35th in Europe.

At Omazaeki, Jeev is paired with Jun Kikuchi and Satoru Hirota in the first two rounds.