Opportunity for Jeev to make amends

RIFFA (Bahrain): Jeev Milkha Singh will seek to make amends for his narrow miss at Abu Dhabi last week, when he tees off in the inaugural Volvo Golf Champions at the Montgomerie Golf Course on Thursday.Jeev, who missed the cut by one shot at Abu Dhabi, has beenpaired with John Bickerton and Andrew Marshall for the first two rounds, andtees off from the tenth on the opening day. Jeev qualified for the event as apast winner of the Volvo Masters of Europe, and is the only Indian in thefield.The event will carry a prize money of Euro 1.7 million. Thestrong field includes players who between them have won eight Major Championshiptitles, 329 European Tour wins and 27 US PGA Tour triumphs.There areseven players from the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking - Paul Casey,Ian Poulter, Francesco Molinari, Robert Karlsson, Edoardo Molinari, Miguel AngelJiménez and Padraig Harrington.The field also includesItalian teenager Matteo Manassero - the 2010 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Yearwinner - and 20 time worldwide winner Sergio Garcia.Also in actionwill be Spaniard José Maria Olazábal, who last week was namedcaptain of the European Ryder Cup Team.The event is the second inthe four week-long Desert Swing on the 2011 European Tour internationalschedule.