Bump on head works wonders for Jeev Milkha Singh

By Alastair Himmer

JEJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Still woozy from a golf buggy crash last week, India's Jeev Milkha Singh is proof a bump on the head can sometimes work wonders.

Singh arrived on the honeymoon island of Jeju for the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship semi-divorced from his senses and feeling the after-effects of concussion.

But a few days after smashing his cart into a palm tree at last week's Malaysian Open he has hit a purple patch of form that defies logic.

"I screamed at my caddie to brake but he pressed the accelerator full throttle and we crashed right into the thing," the Indian told Reuters after a third-round 64 gave him a share of the lead with Briton Graeme McDowell on 18-under-par 198.

"I smacked my head on the windscreen pretty hard and fell out on to my bum and then landed on my wrist. I thought it was broken. My head hurt a lot. I was semi-concussed."

UNDER OBSERVATION

Singh was taken to hospital after finishing a distant 70th in Malaysia but felt well enough to travel to Korea for this week's European Tour event.