Jeev off to an explosive start in Alfred Dunhill Championship

Jyoti Randhawa, who also had made it to the event, came to know about his entry only a day before the tournament and could not make it to the venue. Randhawa, however, confirmed that he would be playing the Mercedes Benz South African Open next week, which is also a part of the European PGA Tour.Jeev was three-under after five holes on the first day. However, a series of pars unsettled him and he made successive bogies on the 14th, the longest par-4 of the course at 498 yards, and the 15th, the longest par-3 at 225 yards. He salvaged the situation by making a birdie on the final hole to finish the day at two-under and in tied 57th place on a day when as many as 87 players broke par.It was a different Jeev who took the course on Friday. Starting from the 10th, Jeev made birdies on the 11th, 14th and 16th holes to be three-under at the turn. On the back nine, he added another on the par-4 second, before unleashing a hat-trick of birdies from the fourth hole onwards. He then parred the seventh and eight holes, before finishing the day with a bogey.

The clubhouse leader at the time of filing the report was Dean Robertson of Scotland, who shot a course record 10-under 62 on the opening day, and added a two-under 70 on day two to be at 12-under. Des Terblanche, a regular on the Asian PGA Tour, was tied for the second place at 11-under 133 along with Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina. The portly South African shot a 65 on day two, while Gonzalez added an eight-under 64 to his overnight three-under 69.