Country’s leading golfer Siddikur Rahman once again made the nation proud as he made a brilliant comeback to finished third in the Porsche European Open in Hamburg which concluded on Sunday.
England’s Jordan Smith took the title, beating last year’s champion Alexander Levy of France in play-off.
The 32-year-old golfer Siddikur was in a sublime form and had a great week where as his golf is
concerned as he produce a result of flawless 68, aggregating 11-under-par (277) as Smith took the title at 13-under-par (275).
Levy settled for second place while Johan Edfors of Sweden took a share of the third position alongside Siddikur.
A top-three finish in this prestigious event gave a big boost the career of Siddikur, who had been
struggling with a recurring back pain and a slight lack of form of late. This win handed him with a
hefty pay cheque, likely to be around 112,600 euros, while lifting his world rankings, which is 394 at the moment.
This is the second-best finish in the European Tour for Bangladesh’s two-time Asian Tour winner, who
had gone agonizingly close to breaking his European duck in Mauritius last year, only to blow his chances over the last two holes to eventually finish second.
“It was a really great day. I didn’t expect this today, but I’m very fortunate; my hitting was good.
My putting was really, really good on all four days. So I’m really happy,” Siddikur told Europeantour.com at the end of day’s play.
The 32-year-old golfer got himself into a trouble with a wayward tee-shot and second shot on the par-5 18th hole. But a great fourth shot and a superlative putt made sure he ended the day bogey-free.
