Randhawa ends tied 9th

Jyoti Randhawa settled for the tied ninth place with a final round of three-over 74, while Jeev Milkha Singh’s one year...

Jyoti Randhawa settled for the tied ninth place with a final round of three-over 74, while Jeev Milkha Singh’s one year rein as the Volvo Masters champion came to an end with the Indian finishing tied 25 in the elite tournament.

After rounds of 73 and 70, Randhawa looked primed for a top five finish but once he reached the halfway stage at the Club de Golf Valderrama, thing did not go his way and he carded back-to-back 74s to total seven-over 291 to share the ninth spot with Thomas Bjorn and pocket euro 84,800.

Jeev was less impressive and he finished the way he had begun, with a round of five-over 76. He tallied 16-over 300 to get richer by euro 38,800.

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Randhawa had an average round which had three bogeys, two birdies and a double bogey as well. Randhawa’s putting was not up to the mark and he needed 31 putts — his highest this week — that included couple of three putts.

The elite tournament saw some see-saw golf with Englishman Justin Rose pipped Simon Dyson via a three-way playoff when he holed his 15-foot right to left putt in the second extra hole.

All three putted for par on the first play-off hole. On the second, Dyson and Rose hit irons into the middle of the fairway while Kjeldsen played a fairway wood which found an excellent lie in the left semi-rough. All the second shots finished below the hole.

Kjeldsen rolled his putt stone dead then Rose holed his 15 foot putt, leaving Dyson needing to hole from slightly nearer to continue the play-off. Dyson’s putt slipped by and Rose was crowned champion.