{"id":30512,"date":"2016-12-10T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30512"},"modified":"2016-12-10T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T12:06:56","slug":"hong-kong-open-former-asian-tour-number-one-golfer-arjun-atwal-stays-alive-in-tour-card-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30512","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Open: Former Asian Tour number one golfer Arjun Atwal stays alive in tour card battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/golf\/arjun_atwal.jpg\" alt=\"arjun atwal\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" \/>Hong Kong: <\/strong>Former Asian Tour number one golfer Arjun Atwal fired a third round of four-under-par 66 at the UBS Hong Kong Open to brighten his chances of retaining his full playing rights next year.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old was disappointed to bogey his last hole with a three-putt at a sun-kissed Hong Kong Golf Club but five birdies on the card pushed him up to tied 19th position with one round to play for the 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>Currently in 69th position on the Order of Merit, Atwal needs to break into the top-60 on Sunday to keep his full card and needs to earn US$16,000 here to overhaul current 60th ranked Shunya Takeyasu, who is not playing this week.<\/p>\n<p>Atwal said he has not calculated the mathematics for his Tour survival. Finishing alone in the 33rd position is worth US$16,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I&#8217;m close. Because everybody else keeps telling me,&#8221; Atwal responded on Saturday when asked if he knew where he needed to finish in the tournament to retain his full playing rights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I think about it, then probably I won&#8217;t be able to play. I know I&#8217;m outside the number looking in. First thing was to make the cut, because my back wasn&#8217;t all that great the first two days. Couldn&#8217;t practice or anything. You know, if I play solid tomorrow, I think I should be all right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Atwal, the first Indian to win on the Professional Golfers&#8217; Association (PGA) Tour, was simply glad he managed to stay in the Hong Kong Open following back trouble at the start of the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played in the Pro-Am and it got tight in the morning, and it just kept progressively getting bad, and I&#8217;ve already pulled out of two tournaments this year, one on the PGA Tour and one on the European Tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I knew this was the symptoms coming up. I went to the physio (Phillipa Stewart) and I wanted to hit balls and she said no.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then yesterday was a little bit better, the back, and then today was a lot better. I&#8217;m looking forward to tomorrow. 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