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Seven Indian golfers in Asian Order of Merit
Source: PTI
March 24, 2008 19:58 IST

Indian golfers continue to dominate the Asian Tour Order of Merit with as many as seven of them making it to the top-15 earners' list.

Jeev Milkha Singh, who narrowly missed out the Ballentines Championship crown, leads the pack of Indians with $ 516,429, some $ 40,000 behind Kiwi leader Mark Brown (556,233).

Indian Master's winner SSP Chowrasia ($ 426,260), Malaysian Open champion Arjun Atwal ($ 419,387) and Jyoti Randhawa ($ 256,643) followed Jeev to ensure that there are four Indians among top five earners in Asia.

Digvijay Singh ($ 124,616), Shiv Kapur ($ 110,254) and Gaurav Ghei ($ 97,474) are at 10th, 12th and 15th respectively in the list issued on Monday.

Top-15 Earners:
1. Mark Brown (NZ)       $ 556,233
2. Jeev Milkha Singh (IND)      $ 516,429
3. SSP Chowrasia (IND)      $ 426,260
4. Arjun Atwal (IND)      $ 419,387
5. Jyoti Randhawa (IND)      $ 256,643
6. Kane Webber (AUS)   $219,954
7. Scott Strange (AUS)      $ 216,185
8. Taichiro Kiyota (JPN)      $ 202,418
9. Prayad Marksaeng (THA)      $ 126,512
10. Digvijay Singh (IND)      $ 124,616.25
11. Lin Wen-tang (TPE)      $ 113,282
12. Shiv Kapur (IND)      $ 110,254
13. Scott Barr (AUS)      $ 108,841
14. Prom Meesawat (THA)      $ 97,686
15. Gaurav Ghei (IND)      $ 97,474.

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