Siddikur looking to go one better

As the 312,000-dollar Queen's Cup gets underway at the Thai holiday isle of Koh Samui today, Siddikur Rahman will be looking go one better than his last year's performance when he finished second. The 28-year old golfer will have to deal with Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand, whom he lost against by three shots last year. Also in contention will be Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand, India's rising star Anirban Lahiri and Mardan Mamat of Singapore.
“I was almost there but just couldn't finish it off. I remembered taking the lead at one stage but just messed it up on the greens,” said Siddikur of his near-miss last year in his blog at the Asiantour.com website recently. “Hopefully it will not happen again this year as I'm ready to go out there and compete again.”
Siddikur said he felt fresh after having a break of almost two months and was happy about the fact that he got a new sponsor.
“I had a long break and while it gave me time to practice, I also managed to find a new sponsor. It's a new domestic airline from Bangladesh and it's called Novoair. They are going to start their international flights very soon and I'm very happy to have them as my sponsor,” said Siddikur.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh will have another representative in the Queen's Cup in the form of Zamal Hossain Mollah.