Eight Indians for Open

Singapore8217;s Mardan Mamat and India8217;s Gaurav Ghei qualified for Royal Troon in 1997 and Choi Kyung-Ju of Korea and Australia8217;s Grant Dodd made it through to Royal Birkdale last year. This year, Choi won a direct entry by winning the Kirin Open where he defeated Jeev Milkha Singh in a playoff. Jeev and American Gerry Norquist, both currently playing on the European PGA Tour, will join the Asian invasion if they do not qualify directly through their order of merit positions.