Jeev sweeps honours at Asian Tour's UBS awards Monday, December 18, 2006 05:57 [IST]

Bangkok: India's Jeev Milkha Singh dream
season, which saw him claim four titles, came to a fruitful end when he won
three awards at the Asian Tour's UBS Awards Gala here.
Jeev was voted the Players' Player of the Year and also won the inaugural UBS
Special Achievement Award and was feted by his peers last night.
The two accolades were in addition to the prestigious UBS Order of Merit title
which the Chandigarh
player claimed for the first time in his career.
Jeev's stellar season on the Asian Tour saw him win the Volvo China Open and
register five other top-10s for a record haul of USD 591,884 from 14 starts.
"It's been a dream year for me. To receive the recognition from my fellow
competitors, it's a great honour. Winning these awards will stay with me for
the rest of my life. It means a lot as this is the place where I started my
career," Jeev said.
"The Asian Tour has been a family to me because this is where I started
from. Everyone on Tour is so friendly and I will never forget that," said
Singh, who received a standing ovation after being crowned Asia's
number one.
He is the third Indian after Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa to claim the
mantle.
Singh, who has propelled into the world's top-50 which guarantees him starts in
all four Majors next year, also enjoyed tremendous success in Europe where he
won the season-ending Volvo Masters in Spain. He then won two back-to-back
titles in Japan.
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