Arjun Atwal tied the USPGA Tour record of three eagles in a round at the Buick Invitational
Their poor showing on Saturday saw the Indian challenge in Singapore\n\nMasters fade.
India's Arjun Atwal carded a fine one-under 69 to move up to tied 17th place at the USD 5.1 million Sony Open in Honolulu.
The Indian ace has a two-day tally of one-under 139, the very score at which the cut was applied, in the Sony Open in Hawai.
Arjun Atwal annexed the Asian PGA Order of Merit title at the season-ending Volvo Masters of Asia golf tournament in Bangkok.
"The enormity of the achievement still hasn't sunk in," said the 30-year-old Kolkata pro, who became the first Indian to qualify for the elite US PGA Tour on Monday.
The top-30 golfers in the Final Stage Qualifiers would earn a direct entry into the US PGA Tour.
The Hero Honda Masters champion hopes to become the first player from India to play full-time on the elite US PGA Tour.
He also became the first player on the Asian PGA Tour to cross the million-dollar mark in career earnings.
The Indian golfer fired an even par round to ensure yet another cut this week at the Texas Open.
They finished 48th and 54th in the WGC-American Express Golf Championship, which was won by Tiger Woods.
The WGC-American Express Championship appears to be heading for a shoot-out between Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh.
The Indian golfer opened with with five birdies and seven bogeys to finish two-over 72 in the Canadian Open.
Arjun Atwal carded a one-under 70 on the opening day of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
The Indian made his 13th cut of the season at the end of the second round of the Reno Tahoe Open.
Arjun Atwal came up with a five-under 65 that rocketed him to tied 17th position at the US Bank Championships of Milwaukee.
The Kolkata star has now made the cut in all 12 starts, and is currently tied 31st, as play was interrupted the second round once again
Arjun Atwal claimed his third top-10 finish of the season at the USD 3 million B.C. Open.
The ace Indian golfer finished with an opening round of 7-under 65 after the first day of the B C Open in Endicott, New York.
His final round of one-over 72 saw him end at five-under 279 at the US PGA Tour John Deere Classic.
The Indian golfer is now four-under 138 for the tournament, and is lying 44th at the US PGA Tour John Deere Classic.
The Indian golfer ended with a final round six-over 76 and ended tied 52nd in the FedEx St Jude's Classic in Tennessee.
The Indian golfer tied for 16th place at the end of the third day of the USD 5.6 million Bank of America Colonial Golf Championship.
The Indian ace swelled his earnings on the the Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit to US$62,931.
Arjun Atwal returned with a seven-under 65 to share the top position after the opening round in Louisiana
Top seed Arjun Atwal suffered a heat stroke and gave Vijay Kumar a walkover in his semi-final.
Digvijay Singh, Amandeep Johl, Gaurav Ghei and Uttam Singh Mundy joined the casualty list.
The Indian ace completed his third round in the Malaysian Open in four-under-par 67 for a two-shot lead over world No. 5 Retief Goosen.
He ended the second round three strokes clear of South African Retief Goosen in the Malaysian Open.
The Indian ace and Sweden's Fredrik Andersson shared the early lead after 9-under-par 62s on the first day.
The two Indian golfing aces were just a stroke behind world No 2 Ernie Els in the Caltex Singapore Masters.
The former Thai paratrooper registered his sixth triumph in Asia.
The Indian ace was 41st in the US $5.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on the US PGA Tour.
The Indian golfer played a one-under 69 on day 1 of the US Ban Championship of Milwaukee, which was interrupted by thunderstorms.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Atwal is the runaway leader in Asia this season, ninth on the European money list and looking squarely at his dream of playing on the U.S. Tour.
The extension of qualifying period gives, at least half a dozen others among Indian men and possibly one woman, a chance to bid for a place in the Games.
India's Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rahil Gangjee got off to a good start on the first day of the inaugural USD 3 million Maybank Championship on Thursday. Bhullar, coming back from an injury which stalled his progress for more than a year, shot four-under 67, while Gangjee carded 68. Bhullar was tied 16th and Gangjee was 20th. Australian Nathan Holman fired a flawless seven-under-par 64 to seize the first round lead with Filipino ace Angelo Que leading the chasing pack.
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