Siddikur advances to 28th place in Yeangder Heritage Golf

Dhaka – Bangladesh celebrated golfer Siddikur Rahman made a brilliant came back in the US$300,000 Yeangder Heritage Golf after carding three-under-par 69 in the 3rd round at National Golf Country Club in Thailand on Saturday.With the day’s brilliant performance, two Asian Tour winner Siddikur Rahman advanced to the 28th place from 45th slot jointly with five other players after 3rd round with a aggregate of one-under-par (73, 73, 69) 215.In the day’s 3rd round, Siddikur made five birdies against two bogeys.He traded five birdies in the 2nd, 6th, 10th, 13th and 16th holes and made two bogeys in the last 17th and 18th holes.After the day’s 3rd round, Yikeun Chang of South clearly dominated the meet with 10-under-par (72, 66, 68) 206 while Gavin Green of Malaysia followed him neck and neck with 9-under-par (71, 70, 66) 207.Earlier on Friday, Siddkur made one-over-par 73 in the 2nd round with an aggregated of two over par 146, eight shots behind the leader Yikeun Chang (Korea) who aggregated six-under-par 138.A total of 65 golfers, out of 144, successfully made their cut where Siddikur stayed in the race sharing the 45th place with 11 other golfers.In the 2nd round, Siddikur birdied two against three dismal bogies. He traded two bogies in the 2nd and 6th holes and birdied the last hole to end the first 9. He traded the 3rd bogey in the 12 hole, but back with a birdie in the next hole, followed by five successive even par to finish the second 9.UNB news agency