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Atwal, Randhawa lead chase for Hoylake berths

Indian stars Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa, both former Asian Tour number ones, will spearhead the region's bid for more places at next month's The Open Championship on Monday.

Atwal is amongst the hopefuls at Congressional in the United States where he will be joined by Asian Tour regulars Ron Won, Edward Loar and Edward Michaels at the International Final Qualifying.

Former winners in Asia, Ted Purdy and Daniel Chopra, will also shoot for one of the 12 tickets to Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake in the 36-hole qualifiers.

Across the Atlantic, Randhawa will be joined by England's Simon Dyson, Malaysia's Iain Steel and England's Simon Hurd at Sunningdale in England.

Earlier this month, Randhawa qualified for the US Open through qualifying but failed to make the halfway cut at Winged Foot.

Last season's Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand will feature in The Open along with Shiv Kapur of India and Australians Jarrod Lyle and Unho Park.

Kapur, Lyle and Park qualified for the world's oldest major through International Final Qualifying in Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore held in April.

June 23, 2006