Siddikur Rahman made the cut at the Maybank Malaysian Open by a stroke as he fired a one-under 71 in the second round yesterday. Siddikur is holding an aggregate of one-under-143 with South African duo of Hennie Otto and Jbe Kruger sharing the lead at 9-under-135.
Siddikur's day could have been much better had he not faltered late in the day with two bogeys at the back nine after managing three birdies at the front nine.
Meanwhile, South Africa's current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Kruger took full advantage of ideal conditions in the morning as he fired eight birdies against one bogey to tie countryman Hennie Otto, who fired a brilliant 64, on nine-under-par 135 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
American Rookie David Lipsky extended his rich vein of form with a 67 pushing him to equal fourth place alongside world number seven Martin Kaymer of Germany (67) in the 2.5 million dollar event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.