Jeev down two places in world at 44th, Shiv climbs 28 rungs

New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's world rankings continued to dip for the second successive week dropping two palces to 44th even as Shiv Kapur's second-spot finish at the just concluded Jakarta Indonesia Open propelled him 28 rungs higher in the latest World Golf Rankings released today.

Shiv recovered his form after a disastrous Malaysian Open and was the biggest mover among the Indians as he climbed up from 186th spot to 158th in the leaderboard, with 1.02 average points.

Jeev did not play the Indonesia open that ended yesterday but his 2.46 average points is still the third best among Asian golfers, behind only to the Korean duo of Cho Kyung-Ju (24th) and Yang Yo-Eun (31st).

Compatriot Jyoti Randhawa also ended up slipping one spot to 89th although his standing of fifth in the Asians list remained intact. He now has 1.57 average points.

Gaurav Ghei was placed 245th while Arjun Atwal was ranked 315th ahead of Kolkata lad SSP Chowrasia at 358th.

However, there was no challenging the leaderboard topper Tiger Woods, although his average points decreased to 19.27 from 19.64.

His nearest rival Jim Furyk still has a long way to go with 8.70 average points.

American Phil Mickelson, who won the previous week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, rose one spot in the rankings to third, swapping positions with Australian Adam Scott.

UNI