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Siddikur finishes on high

Golf

Sports Reporter
Siddikur Rahman, Bangladesh's golfing superstar, endured a rollercoaster Indonesian Masters but finished in style with a 13-under-par275 to end on joint third position with Asian Tour newcomers Park Hyun-Bin of Korea and Thitiphun Chuayprakong of Thailand at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club yesterday. The 2010 Brunei Open winner scored a 4-under-par 68 in the last round to stake a $34,725 claim in the $750,000 Asian tour event. The third-place finish will give the 27-year-old a boost in confidence heading into the 2.8 million-dollar Ballantine's Championship in Korea later this week. Lee Westwood of England, the world no. 2 and highest ranked golfer in the event, came up trumps after firing a final round of 69 to take the title with an overall score of 269, giving himself a fighting chance of reclaiming the world number one spot on his 38th birthday. Multiple Asian tour winner, Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, ended three strokes behind on 272.
Siddikur had started the day on 9-under-par and at fifth position on the leader board. He played beautifully to finish with a fourth-round score of four-under-par 68, which was actually one shot better than winner Westwood on the day. The late burst helped Siddikur secure joint third position with a cumulative score of 13-under-par, which was a definite improvement from the position he started the day in. However, it was not enough to match the consistent standards maintained by Westwood throughout the four rounds. This was after Siddikur blew hot and cold in the first two rounds. In the first round on Thursday, he conquered all in scoring a fabulous 6 under par 66 to take the lead ahead of his more illustrious competitors, among them Westwood, who was two strokes behind. In the truncated second day on Friday however, the tables were turned and Siddikur sank to thirteenth in the leader board after finishing sixteen holes at one-over-par, which he reduced to an even par 72 the following morning.
The third round saw the country's ace golfer regain some of his touch when he scored a three-under-par 69, but it was also the day that world no. 2 Westwood chose to make his presence felt. He finished the third round with a fine 6 under par 66 to take his cumulative score to 16-under-par, five strokes clear of second
placedThitiphun Chuayprakong ofThailand.
In the fourth round, the only real challenge that Westwood had to face was from an on-fire Thongchai Jaidee, who mustered the four-day event's best single-round score of seven-under-par 65, but was still three short of the world no. 2.
"This will definitely be the most memorable birthday for me,” said Westwood, who celebrated his 38th birthday on Sunday and said he had done everything he could to regain the world number one ranking.
"It was about coming here this week and trying to win the Indonesian Masters and I've done that. I've ticked every box this week so we will have to wait and see what happens," said the Englishman, who held the top ranking for 17 weeks before being deposed by Germany's Martin Kaymer.