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Tough back nine for Indian trio

Crans Montana (Switzerland): The tough back nine at the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club was agonising for the Indian trio as all three went over-par in the first round of the Omega European Masters golf tournament here.

While Shiv Kapur (72) was lying 41st, Jeev Milkha Singh was 68th with a 74 and Jyoti Randhawa (75) was tied 90th.

Welshman Bradley Dredge began with a fine round in his attempt to defend the title when he soared into the lead by holing his second shot on the par four sixth.

He ended the day at five-under 66 and opened an early two stroke advantage over second-placed Mikko Ilonen and three others, Marcus Fraser, Eduardo Romero and Oliver Wilson.

Kapur was 41st after his first day effort of one-over 72. He went four-over for three holes between the 16th and 18th including a double on the latter, but made up with an eagle on the first and another birdie on the sixth and ended the day at one-over 72.

Great front nine

Randhawa, returning after a break and the news of having qualified directly for the World Cup in November, had a great front nine with four birdies and two bogeys to be two-under.

On the back nine, he had five bogeys and one double and just one birdie for a disastrous six-over 41 that pushed him down to four-over 75 and a lowly 90th place needing to fire a good second round to play the weekend. — PTI

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