Despite a disappointing double bogey on the final hole, Jeev Milkha Singh still climbed to tied fourth on the high-profile leaderboard at the midway stage of the WGC- CA Championship at Doral on Friday.

Jeev, who was four-under after 17 holes, shot a 70, including four birdies and a double bogey on his closing hole, the par-3 ninth, to be six-under-par 138.

The 36-year-old Jeev, the 2006 Asian Tour's Order of Merit winner, who lost in a play-off battle at the Ballantine's Championship last week, is six behind the leader Geoff Ogilvy (67) of Australia and five behind Tiger Woods (66). Ogilvy is 12-under-par 132 and Woods 11-under-par 133.

SSP Chowrasia carded a one-over 73 with four birdies and five bogeys to be three-over-par 147 and tied 62nd. Daniel Chopra with four birdies between the sixth and 10th holes registered a 70 and moved up from tied 45th to 32nd at two-under-par 142.

Jeev began on the tenth tee and played steady pars till the 15th before finding his first birdie on the 16th. He turned in one-under and then had back-to-back birdies on fifth and sixth. A fourth birdie on the eighth made him four-under, before the double bogey saw him slide back. But it did not affect his position.

On the 169-yard ninth, he was short of the green and in the left rough 40 feet from the flag. He left his chip short and was six feet from the pin with his third shot. He missed the bogey putt and ended with a double bogey five.
"That was awfully disappointing," said Jeev.

"I played a solid round. I have been hitting so well and these small mistakes are proving to be a hurdle," he added.

Adam Scott of Australia shot 68 (135) to occupy the third spot, while Jeev shares the fourth place with Robert Karlsson (70) and Anders Hansen of Denmark, who had a 71.