Jeev, who was tied for the 5th place at eight-under after 49 holes, dropped five strokes on the last six holes during the third round and he continued to have a similar roller-coaster round on Sunday. He began badly by dropping strokes on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th holes and was one-over for the tournament when he made another bogey on the 8th hole.

However, the 27-year-old Indian began the back nine with a bang when he made an eagle on the par-5 10th, and birdies on the 12th and 13th holes to climb back to 4-under. But the double bogey-bogey finish ruined his card as he finished the tournament at level-par 284.

Jeev managed to retain his 21st position in the Volvo Order of Merit with the 5,440 Euro earning from theevent.

The tournament was won by South Africa's last year's Alfred Dunhill Cup hero Retief Goosen, who beat New Zealand's Greg Turner when the latter made a bogey on the second hole of playoff after both were tied at 12-under 272 at the end of 72 holes.

Final results (after 72 holes)

272: Retief Goosen (SA), Greg Turner (NZ); 275: Santiago Luna (Esp), Jose Coceres (Arg), Eamonn Darcy (Ire), Ian Woosnam (Wales), Jorge Berendt (Arg); 284: Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) (68+69+73+74)

Amateur team

CALCUTTA: A ten-member Indian golf team today left for Kuala Lumpur, for participating in the Pan West Malaysian Amateur Golf Championship to be played at the Royal Perak Golf Club from May 13 to 16.

The team comprises Amit Luthra, Sheeraz Kalra, Aman Bahl, Manav Das, Rahul Ganapathy, Amish Jaitha, Saurav Bahuguna, Shiv Kapur, Ashok Kumar and Sandeep Sayal.

Lakshman Singh will accompany the team as captain cum manager.

Amit Luthra and Sheeraz Kalra will represent the country in theinternational team match to be played in conjunction with the championship based on the first two rounds of play.

The tournament will serve as a preparation for the Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship (Nomura Cup) to be held in Lahore early October this year.