Famed Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman resurgent in the $300,000 tournament of the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open (BBO) after the cut-round at Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday.
Siddikur moved up to the joint 5th place from the joint 29th slot scoring five-under-par (137), six shots behind the leader Jazz Janewattananond (Thailand) who maintained the top slot scoring 11-under-par (131) in the 3rd edition of the tournament.
The Tiger Woods of Bengal, Siddikur shared the 5th place with Dodge Kemmer (USA), having their identical score.
The 32-year old and two-time Asian Tour winner, Siddikur started the day with back on the 1st round score of even-par 71 and played a dismal bogey to put the 1st hole in the 2nd round, but traded six sweet birdies to set the tone with five-under-par 66.
Dulal Hossain (placed joint 22nd; one-under-par 141), Sajib Ali (placed joint 31st; even-par 142), Zamal Hossain Mollah (placed joint 31st; even-par 142), Zia (placed joint36th; one-over-par143), Badal Hossain (placed joint 36th; one-over-par143), Nazim (placed joint 36th one-over-par143), Shomrat Shikder (placed joint 5o; two-over-par 144), Akbar Hossain (placed joint 64th; three-overpar145) and Robin Miah (placed 64th; three-overpar145) were the other Bangladeshi golfers who made their successful cut to stay in the race of the last 73.
A total of 39 Bangladesh golfers were taking part in the tournament while the total participants were 131 from 23 countries.
