Another week, another finish worth a toast and a title that slipped away in the end. Jeev started off in fine fashion, with a hole-in-one in the first round (one of three on day one), but could never kick on despite threatening to take home his fourth title on tour after a narrow miss in London. It was the delightfully named Dane, Jeppe Huldahl, who captured his maiden title, his first top-ten finish on tour.

At one point during the second round, Jeev had moved up to seven-under and had the outright lead but a bogey--par--double-bogey run towards the end of his round cost him dear. The rain delay on the third day didn't make it any better and after that it was all about a position-finish

But on the bright side, you don't want him to peak too early and we would do just fine with a win in a couple of weeks from now at Bethpage Black.

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Shiv Kapur has been threatening to come good with mid-round spurts of brilliance in the last few tournaments and we wouldn't be surprised if the big finish, after a really long time, is around the corner. As for Jyoti, well, we've missed his characteristic low rounds that he used to card on a regular basis and we hope he gets back to his old ways soon enough.

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Oh, and of course, the little matter of one Mr Woods scripting a win from five shots back at the Memorial. We bet he's hit the crest a bit too soon! We wouldn't want to say anything to hurt the Tiger so we will just wait to hear the roar at the US Open from June18-21.

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