Season of Skins

DIVOTS

At the end of the season, World No. 1 Vijay Singh and No.2 Tiger Woods took a beating in two separate Skins events. Vijay finished third in the four-man BILT Skins Challenge in New Delhi as Justin Rose picked up $42,500.

Indo-Swede Daniel Chopra grabbed $35,500 in the same match while Vijay managed only $22,000. In South Korea, meanwhile, Tiger was beaten by Colin Montgomerie in the one-day Skins competition, who collected a total of nine Skins worth £43,000.

Tiger earned a total of five skins worth £28,500 and KJ Choi, the local favourite , collected £28,500 with a bunker shot on the 18th hole. Korean Se Ri Pak, the only female player in the event, ended the game with no Skins.

Randhawa in Volvo Open

Jyoti Randhawa will play at the $1 million Volvo China Open to be held next week. The Asian No. 1 in 2002 is among the six players from the top 10 of the Asian Tour Order of Merit, to play at the Shanghai Silport Golf Club.

The event, which is jointly sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tours, will also see Thailand's Boonchu Ruangkit, Thaworn Wiratchant and Prayad Marksaeng swing in the greens.

Randhawa is eyeing the Order of Merit crown again and a good week in China could just be his launch pad. He is currently third on the Merit List with $248,309.

Daly's wife pleads guilty

Sherrie Miller Daly, wife of John Daly, pleaded guilty to a federal money laundering charge. Sherrie and her parents, Alvis and Billie Miller, were indicted on charges arising from what the authorities said was a drug ring and an illegal gambling operation, and could face a prison sentence of five years and a fine of $250,000.

The two-time Major champion John Daly was unaware about his wife's activities which took place between 1996 and 2002. Daly met his fourth wife, Sherrie, at a tournament in Memphis in 2001and married her seven weeks later.

Geiberger fined

Brent Geiberger, who made history by winning the Chrysler Classic at Greensboro, was fined $20,000 for slow play on the PGA Tour. He became the first player to be fined, the highest for slow play so far.

Geiberger remarked that the fine was unfair since he was slowed down often by problems faced by his partners, Scott Hend and Bob Burns.

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