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India veterans Atwal, Jeev to tee off at Senior PGA Championship

Veteran Indian golfers Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal will tee off on the USD 3.5 million Senior PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas.

The Senior Majors are for 50-plus golfers.

Jeev, who has enjoying rights on the Senior Tours in Europe and Japan, bought a particular invite and so did Atwal, India’s first and solely PGA Tour winner. Atwal was on the ready listing lower than every week in the past.

“Fields at the Seniors are very strong. They have players who have won Majors on the PGA Tour not too far back.

“Names like Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Ernie Els and the whole bunch of PGA stars, who are now on the Champions TOUR, as it is called, are good to give many a run for their money in any event,” mentioned Atwal.

Jeev, who made his debut at a senior main on the PGA Championships final yr, is thrilled to be again in Texas, the place he performed faculty golf.

“I’ve been granted a special invitation to the 83rd Senior PGA. I cannot wait to get back to Texas, where I played all my college golf. This really is a huge honour.” mentioned Jeev.

While Jeev is but to make a begin this season on the PGA Champions Tour, Atwal was T-11 on his debut.

Jeev goes out early with Steve Pate and Jeff Gove within the morning, whereas Atwal will play late within the afternoon with Austrian Markus Brier and Doug Rohrbaugh. The subject contains legends like Bernhard Langer, who's rewriting information on the Champions Tour, Colin Montgomerie, Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker, Els, Jim Furyk, John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Michael Campbell, and KJ Choi, amongst others.

-PTI