Poor start by Siddikur

Bangladesh's premier golfer Siddikur Rahman made a poor start to the Omega European Masters, carding a three-over-par (73) in the first round in Crans Montana yesterday.

The 32-year-old gave a signal of things to come early in the day, returning a bogey on the first hole at the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club. He returned to par momentarily with a birdie on the fourth, before carding a bogey the very next hole on the Swiss mountains.

He added two more bogeys and birdies to stay at one-over, but a double bogey on the 16th saw him slip down to joint-111th in the leaderboard.

Miguel Angel Jimenez shared the lead with Tyrrell Hatton and Scott Hend at six-under-par (64).

The 53-year-old Spaniard is the oldest winner in European Tour history, having won at the Open de Espana in 2014 at the age of 50 years and 133 days.