Siddikur, Jamal not going to India

Siddikur Rahman and Jamal Mollah, Bangladesh's top two golfers, are not taking part in the PGTI Players Championship in Panchkula, India as they have not been able to acquire Indian visas yet.

They had applied for visas two weeks ago but were only able to produce authorisation letter from the Indian foreign ministry last Monday right after receiving the document. With the event getting underway on Wednesday, Siddikur said they have both cancelled their entries.

"We have cancelled our entries for this event as we haven't received visas yet. There is another event starting on Nov 9 in Chandigarh but we are not sure whether to participate in that event even if we get the visas," Siddikur told The Daily Star yesterday.

The two-time Asian Tour winner said that he would definitely attend the next three events in India in December.

Siddikur had been eyeing a return to competitive golf after eight months through these events and he had been preparing for the last one month at the Savar Golf Club. Now that the Army Golf Club has opened Sunday, Siddikur will start training there.