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I've got that Travis song stuck in my head ... "Singh Singh Singh" ...: Ah, you've been looking at the leaderboard too much. Well this is India ...
Yes and almost all the players are named Singh. Who's low Singh after Round 1?: Believe it or not, it's not Vijay. Jeev Milkha is low Singh at 4-under, followed by Arjun at 3-under and Vijay and Digvijay at minus-2.
I'm surprised Vijay wasn't blinded by the light ...: You're right. He played today with Ian Poulter, who was described as looking like a cross between a 70's disco dude and a Belisha beacon by Iain Carter of BBC Sports.
Maybe he blinded himself ... 4-over isn't the greatest start ...: Nope. And Colin Montgomerie's trying to fight his way into the Masters, but he's off slowly as well at 2-over. But there might be some room at the top of the leaderboard if some of these Singhs get out of the way ...
Speaking of which, who is at the top?: Local boy Shamim Khan, who is the lowest-ranked player in the field, is tied with Argentina's hot-and-cold Daniel Vancsik at 5-under, with a pack of 11 guys a stroke behind chasing them, including Aussie stud Adam Scott and South Africa's young star James Kamte. England's Mark Foster is the low Brit.
How's the local knowledge paying off?: Pretty good so far. There are nine Indian players in the top 25 right now, including Khan, the world No. 1377, and Gaurav "Don't Call Me Brian" Ghei ...
Do you expect them to last?: Not if Ian Poulter walks past them ...

On this day in 1991, Paul Azinger showed his amazing talent for attracting controversy when he was spotted on television moving some stones with his foot as he addressed a shot in a water hazard in the first round of the Doral-Ryder Open.

And alert television viewer phoned in to PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and after reviewing the tapes, the tour officials disqualified 'Zinger for signing an incorrect scorecard by not penalising himself two shots under Rule 13-4 (c): touching or moving a loose impediment in a hazard. 'Zinger, who is serving as the US Ryder Cup team's captain this year, claimed to not know anything about the rule, which may be true ... but we'll never know ...

Would you like to have Mrs Doubtfire as your maths teacher? Can Woody Austin take a joke? And how many putters does Sergio Garcia really need, anyway? (The sky's the limit, we think). And what does Tiger have in common with Nigel Tufnel? ... Read on, our faithful legions of "Rusties", for we shall learn together for yet another week ...

Rummaging through pictures the other day, we found a snap of Gene Sarazen in which Sarazen's wife Mary Ann is shown nearly towering over the pint-sized legend. It got us to thinking: How do the stars of men's golf measure up with each other height-wise (other than the standards of majors, wins and money lists)?

On this day in 1902, the great Gene Sarazen was born in Harrison, New York, and the little Italian-American (birth name Eugenio Saraceni), a self-taught former caddie, went on to become the first man to win the career Grand Slam of majors.

Standing only 5-foot-5 and with am unusual interlocking grip, Sarazen won 41 tournaments, including seven majors, before retiring to be a sharply-dressed gentleman farmer and a television golf announcer in his 60s. He is credited for inventing the sand wedge, and lived to a grand old age of 97, remaining one of only five men to have won all four of the modern majors: the others are Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods ...