Indians slip in latest Golf Rankings

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) Missing the cut at the Scottish Open last week saw Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa slip down in the latest Official Golf Rankings.

While Jeev (1.09) has slipped four places to 148th, Randhawa is down two spots to 161st with 1.01 average points. Both of them fell by the wayside in the 2.4 million pound event in which Shiv Kapur finished tied 60th.

Shiv (0.91), who will be the lone Indian contender in The Open Championship this week at the Royal Liverpool, has moved up one place to 175th.

Jeev and Randhawa had earlier failed in their attempts to qualify for the prestigious event. However, both of them remain the two highest ranked Indians in the list.

Meanwhile, despite his relatively good show in the last John Deere Classic, Arjun Atwal (0.88) has slipped seven places to 184th.

At the top, Tiger Woods continues to reign supreme with 16.19 average points followed by Phil Mickelson (9.79) and Fijian Vijay Singh (8.43).

South African Retief Goosen (6.93) and American Jim Furyk (6.90) are fourth and fifth respectively.

Top 10: 1.Tiger Woods, USA (16.19), 2.Phil Mickelson, USA (9.79), 3.Vijay Singh, Fij (8.43), 4.Retief Goosen, South Africa (6.93), 5.Jim Furyk, USA (6.90), 6.Adam Scott, Aus (5.86), 7.Geoff Ogilvy, Aus (5.82), 8.Ernie Els, South Africa (5.51), 9.Sergio Garcia, Spain (5.14), 10.David Howell, Eng (4.95) UNI PM DH ND1444