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V Krishnaswamy New Delhi
 The duo had just finished a nerve-wracking contest. Arjun Atwal had just wrenched the title away from Jyoti Randhawa with a clutch putt from eight feet.

 Minutes earlier Randhawa winced as he saw his 10-footer curl around the lips of the cup and then slip out. Atwal was the champion and Randhawa had only a share of the second place with two others. The difference between those millimetres was slightly over $26,000.

 Yet, they were sitting calmly and looking at the crowds milling around the 18th green at the end of yet another hugely successful $300,000 Hero Honda Masters golf tournament at the Delhi Golf Club.

 A little before that Jeev Milkha Singh, unarguably the trend-setter in Indian golf

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First Published: Nov 15 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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