Golf across the globe: Another win for India

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Jeev Milkha Singh channeled Nick Faldo circa 1987, and Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam made like two alpha dogs fighting over a bone last week. Find out what else went on in the world of golf.

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Jeev Milkha Singh earned his third European Tour win after weather shortened play to three rounds.

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LAST WEEK

Event: Bank Austria Golf Open presented by Telekom Austria
Sanctioned by: European Tour
• Pars were a man's best friend Sunday at Fontana Golf Club in Vienna as India's Jeev Milkha Singh played his way through 18 of them to take home his third European Tour trophy at 15 under. The tournament lasted only three rounds after severe weather affected play.
• Singh won by one shot over England's Simon Wakefield at the par-71 course after first and second rounds of 64 and 63, respectively, set him up for the big finish.
• Other notable finishes in the field came from Austria's Søren Hansen and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, who tied for eighth, Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, who tied for 13th, and Darren Clarke -- also of Northern Ireland -- who tied for 19th.

Event: McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
Sanctioned by: LPGA
• Locked in a battle -- to the end of this season at the very least -- neither Lorena Ochoa nor Annika Sorenstam were able to one-up each other this week as the second LPGA major of the year went to Yani Tseng. Tseng finished at 12 under for the week after a final round 68, but it wasn't enough for the win. She had to take on Maria Hjorth in a playoff in order to claim the $300,000 first-place winnings.
• Ochoa and Sorenstam went head to head again this week and ended up tying for third after shooting 11 under for the week. Ochoa got the headstart for the week posting a 65 and a 69 to Sorenstam's 70 and 68, but the Mexican phenom fell back in the third round with a 72, which Sorenstam took full advantage of with a 68 to even the score. Both women shot a 71 in the final round to finish just one shot shy of the playoff.
• Other notable finishes came from Laura Diaz, who finished in solo fifth, Morgan Pressel and Kelli Kuehne, who tied for sixth, and Paul Creamer and Cristie Kerr, who tied for 10th.

Event: Bangkok Airways Open
Sanctioned by: Asian Tour
• Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand collected his 10th win on the Asian Tour last week at Santiburi Samui Country Club with a 13-under 271 for the week. A first-round 66 set the stage for Wiratchant to get ahead, and three more rounds in the 60s was just what he needed to seal the deal.
• It was a surprise win for the Asian Tour veteran who said he thought he was getting too old to play on that course. Wiratchant won by three strokes over Shintaro Kai of Japan.
• Other notable finishes came from Chapchai Nirat and Prayad Marksaeng -- both of Thailand -- who tied for third, and Australia's Mitchell Brown, who tied for seventh.

THIS WEEK

Event: U.S. Open
Sanctioned by: PGA TOUR, European Tour, Asian Tour
• All eyes will be on Tiger Woods this week as he makes a return to the game after weeks of recovery from the surgery he underwent two days after the Masters. But that doesn't mean there aren't other people in the field worth watching this week.
• Defending champion Angel Cabrera will be playing with reigning British Open champion Padraig Harrington and one-time major winner Davis Love III in the first two rounds. Other guys to keep an eye on are Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott, who will play Thursday and Friday with Woods, Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman, Paul Casey, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose.

Event: Saint Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC
Sanctioned by: European Tour
• The opposite event for the European Tour this week takes place in France at Saint Omer Golf Course where Spain's Carl Suneson will be defending. And yes, that's not a Spanish name. The 40-year-old, six-time Tour winner has a Swedish father and an English mother.
• Other notable players in the field are Paul Waring of England, Adilson Da Silva of Brazil and Julien Quesne of France.