Jeev robbed of clubs

NEW DELHI, MAY 15. Indian pro Chiranjeev Milkha Singh was robbed off his nine clubs on the second day of the Benson and Hedges International Open, in the heart of England, the De Vere Belfry course in Warwickshire.

In probably first case of its kind, a mystery thief struck the players' locker room and decamped with a handsome loot of several latest model of drivers and clubs.

Chiranjeev was the worst affected. When he returned for his second round, he was in a shock to find his clubs stolen from the bag kept in the locker room.

``For a moment, I did not known what to do. Luckily, Mizuno, who are my equipment sponsors, have a mobile van during all European Tour events. They had prepared a set to clubs with my specifications on Thursday morning and I was supposed to try them out at the practice range later. I just grabbed them and went out for the round with an almost untried set of clubs, said Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, who finished tied 27th for the tournament.

``I shot a three-under 69, but it was very distressing. You don't expect something like this to happen in a locker room. Also, I was not very comfortable with the new clubs despite the score,'' said Chiranjeev, who now plays the high- profile Deutsche Bank SAP Open in Germany this week.

The golfer was luck in the sense that the thief did not run away with his putter and a tailor-made driver.

Chiranjeev, who shot a three-over 75 on the final day to drop down from tied 11th place to 27th, refused to blame it on his new set of clubs.

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