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April 6, 2007
Sorry Sanjaya, Jeev Milkha Singh is India's Real Idol...
Here at the Lounge, we are all about promoting things that are good for the growth of golf. OK, we're also all about Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis, gear that will add 30 yards to our drives and Tiger Woods Golf on the Nintendo Wii, but I digress.
One of the biggest opportunities the game of golf has for exponential growth is in Asia and India is as primed a market as any. With millions of people, a thriving economy and the largest concentration of billionaires in Asia, India could become the next hot bed for golf, and a good showing by Jeev Singh in this week's Masters could be the tipping point for golf in India.
Jeev Milkha Singh is the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world, breaking into the top 100 in October 2006. He is the son of the famous Indian Sikh athlete Milkha Singh. Singh lives in the city of Chandigarh.
Singh is coming off an excellent 2006. He won twice in Japan and once in China. He won the Volvo Masters at the end of the European season, by one stroke over Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia at Valderrama in Spain. He played 39 times around the world and had 18 top-10 finishes.
Links: Jeev Likha Singh [wiki]
An e-mail conversation with... Jeev Milkha Singh [The Independent]
'This' Singh takes long road from India to Masters [Orlando Sentinel]
A new Singh is beginning to make a name for himself [OCregister]
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