Siddikur on track

Ace Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman lived up to his promise as he got off to a spectacular start in the Queen's Cup, finishing the first round just one shot behind the joint leaders at the Santiburi Samui Country Club in Thailand yesterday.
Siddikur had finished the previous edition of the Queen's Cup in 2012 in second position, and on the eve of the event vowed to go one better in this year's competition. He is fourth on the leader board with a flawless five-under-par 66, but effectively in second position after Japan's Daisuke Kataoka continued his fine form by firing a flawless six-under-par 65 to grab a share of the first round lead with Finland's Jaakko Makitalo and Malaysia's Danny Chia.
Starting on the back-nine 10th, Siddikur birdied holes 14, 16 and 18 to turn in 32. He continued his birdie blitz with another on the second hole before adding another red number on the par-five sixth.
“I'm happy as this is a good start. I was so close to winning last year and hopefully I'll not repeat my mistakes again,” Siddikur told the Asian Tour website after the first round of the 312,000 dollar event.