Jeev lying tied 26th

Jeev Milkha Singh was a relieved man despite having to play 27 holes today as he finished the day tied 26th before rains drew a premature curtain to the second day’s play at the Maybank Malaysian Open golf tournament here. Jeev knows he can get extra rest without needing to get to the course till the second half today,while many of others return in the morning to finish their second round. A total of 76 players will return today morning to complete the round. The penultimate round will not commence before 1.15pm.

Yet,there was a tinge of disappointment,as Jeev trying to finish before the siren was sound,ended with a bogey on the ninth,his closing hole. He has bogeyed the hole in two successive rounds now. But on Thursday, it was his ninth when play was suspended.

Jeev finished with rounds of 70 and 71 to be three-under 141 and tied 26th as most of the other Indians were still battling to stay inside the cut line,which was expected to fall on even par or one-over.

South African Charl Schwartzel took a share of the clubhouse lead in the second round on another day disrupted by thunderstorms. The 2011 Masters Champion fired a four-under par 68,having returned to Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club early this morning to complete the remaining seven holes of his first round,which was abandoned for the day when a huge storm hit the area.