Singh Hits Winning Note

Scottish Open victory is Indian's first in four years

India's Jeev Milkha Singh rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt at the first play-off hole to beat Francesco Molinari and win the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open – the curtain-raiser to the Open Championship – in mid-July at the fabulous Castle Stuart Golf Links.

Singh, who had been without a win in four years, had set an early target of 17-under-par with a final-round 67, but it looked for all the world that home favourite Marc Warren would take home the title. Warren came unstuck over the closing stretch however, and it was Molinari, whose brother Edoardo won the Scottish Open in 2010, who forced extra holes after holing a gutsy nine-footer for par at the last.

"I was just enjoying a cup of tea and some chocolate cake and watching it on television, and suddenly got excited," said Singh, who was three shots behind Warren when he signed his card. "I think God has been kind, and I think the field came back and I'm very fortunate."

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