Siddikur Rahman was in the hunt for his third Asian Tour title when the ace Bangladeshi golfer finished the second round of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in joint third place with even-par 72 in Anahita on Thursday. The two-time Asian Tour winner, who finished the first round in joint second place, fired two birdies and as many bogeys to complete the second round with total four-under-par 140.
He began the second round with a bogey but fought back with a chip-in birdie on his last hole 18. Siddik was delighted to put himself in the title mix of the US$1.9 million event.
‘I hit a really good shot on the 17 but unfortunately I didn’t chip well and made a bogey there,’ he was quoted as saying in Asian Tour website.
‘But I managed to recover with a birdie on last which is great. I hit my second shot downwind from 250 yards and it went over the green. It was a tough chip from there but I did it’, Siddik said.
‘Overall, it was a good round. I hung in there and stayed patient. You have to think positively playing in this kind of challenging conditions. I have been hitting the ball well. If I can maintain it till Sunday, I should be able to cap a good result here.’
Andrew Dodt of Australia maintained his top spot in the lederboard by firing a two-under-par 70 in the second round and total eight-under-par 136.
He was followed by Korea’s rising star Jeunghun Wang, who also carded a second round two-under-par 70 but was in second spot with a total of five-under-par 139.
-With New Age input
