Jeev Milkha Singh, who withdrewafter the first round of the Singapore Open, has also pulledout of the Hong Kong Open to let his injured right-hand fingerheal completely ahead of the big events coming up.
The Indians taking part in the event are GaganjeetBhullar, SSP Chowrasia, Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur, DigvijaySingh, Himmat Rai and Chiragh Kumar
The 40-year-old Indian professional, who has twice wonthe Asian Tour Order of Merit, said, "I wanted to take careand not aggravate it further. I have some very big eventscoming up, including the Race to Dubai finals and the JT Cupin Japan."
The injury is the same which has been bothering Jeevsince the time he won the Scottish Open. The win enabled tohim qualify for the British Open, where he played despite theinjury and he did the same for WGC-Bridgestone.
He was then forced to pull out of European Masters andtook some rest before playing some events in Japan.
This time the injury was mending well when he seemed tohave hurt it during the Pro-Am before the Singapore Open.
"I actually felt a lot of pain on Wednesday evening(during Singapore Open Pro-Am) and I thought it might getbetter, but it began to hurt again during the first round. SoI spoke to my doctor and withdrew."