Jeev Milkha Singh diary: Excited to be playing at the Legends Tour this week

This week, I am starting my new career as a 50 year-old on the senior golf circuit and I am looking forward to sending sharing my journey for Gulf News readers.

I am playing on the Legends Tour this week, starting tomorrow (Friday), in the 54-hole event, the MCB Tour Championship - Mauritius 2021. It is actually the final event of the 2021 Legends Tour Order of Merit, delayed due to Covid-19 and all the global health and travel challenges that are hopefully now all behind us.

We are playing this week over the appropriately named 6,579 yards Legends Course at Constance Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius.

I have played in Mauritius before in regular Tour events. What I am really excited about is catching up with my old golf pro friends after such a long time.

The field this week includes the likes of 2005 US Open Champion Michael Campbell, 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie and two-time Senior Major Champion Roger Chapman.

The event is also the season-ending event on the Legends Tour Order of Merit with four players in contention to claim the top spot; with Welshman and The Senior Open winner Stephen Dodd currently on top on 1830 points, closely followed by Frenchman Thomas Levet in second place on 1435 points, Markus Brier (Austria) in third place on 1379 points and on 1323 points in fourth place is James Kingston (South Africa).

Over the last two weeks I have played two events in India, the first one in Kolkata on the PGIT Tour and finished tied 17th with rounds of 65, 68, 71 and 68, and last week I made the cut at The DGC Open on the Asian Tour in Delhi. I was pleased with my form and got back into the rhythm of tournament golf.

I am feeling good and am looking forward to this special week, both on and off the golf course.

Looking beyond this week, I am not really sure of my 2022 schedule of senior events as I have exemption status at various levels on different Tours and I will be playing on the Legends Tour in Europe, The JPGA Tour as well as three or four events on the Champions Tour. More news to follow on this in due course.

Finally, I have had time to reflect on my career and life for probably the first time ever with my break from golf and Covid. My parents introduced me to the game of golf and they are always in my thoughts and I will be playing for them from now on.

Thanks to everyone for their support. Speak to you all soon!

- Jeev Milkha Singh is a Dubai Golden Visa awardee and Dubai resident. He has won four tournaments on the DP World Tour, four on the Japan Golf Tour, six on the Asian Tour and seven other global titles in Malaysia, India, Thailand and on the Korean Tour.