Dubai: Dubai-based Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) will this week, tomorrow (Thursday) play on the Japan Senior Tour in the 36-hole 7th Nojima Champion Cup Hakone Senior Professional Golf Tournament at Hakone Golf Club.

Milkha Singh, recent winner of the Japan Senior Quailfying School, will be competing over the 7,060 yards layout, that has a par 71.

The prizemoney for this week is Yen 50 million.

54 holes

Last year Takashi Kanemoto (Japan) won the tournament over the same venue with rounds of 65 and 67. He will be defending his title this week.

After this tournament the Japan Senior Tour takes a break with its next event in mid-June with the The 23rd Starts Senior Golf Tournament which is 54 holes, hosted in Ibaraki, with a purse of Yen 60 million.

Mikha Singh told Gulf News, “I always enjoy playing golf in Japan. I am looking forward to this week. I finished last week on the Asian Tour in Vietnam with a round of 66, so let’s see if I can keep up that momentum this week. I have just received some good news, yesterday I received an invitation in the post to play in KitchenAid PGA Senior Championship to be played May 24th – 28th, 2023, in Frisco, Texas. Last year this Senior Major was won in 2022 by Canadian Steven Alker. Last year I played, I was just a rookie and I shot 76 and 79. It was a real learning experience. I know more of what to expect this time around.”