{"id":11047,"date":"2012-10-24T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T12:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11047"},"modified":"2012-10-24T12:04:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T12:04:41","slug":"siddikur-hopes-to-roar-louder-at-cimb-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11047","title":{"rendered":"Siddikur hopes to roar louder at CIMB Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kuala Lumpur<\/strong>: Siddikur, nicknamed the \u2018Tiger Woods of Bangladesh\u2019, will finally get his chance to face-off with the man himself at the CIMB Classic which starts on Thursday.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Woods, a 14-time Major champion, will headline the US$6.1 million tournament which former ball boy Siddikur, one of the great success stories on the Asian Tour, has competed in since the event was inaugurated at the Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2010.<br \/>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019m hoping to play one round with him. It doesn\u2019t matter which round it is! It has always been a childhood dream of mine to play with Tiger Woods,\u201d said Siddikur, who finished tied 11th in 2010 edition.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cWhen I was a beginner 14 or 15 years ago, I had a dream in my mind and that was to play with Tiger. I\u2019m excited that it might come true this week,\u201d he added.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Siddikur has come a long way since the days of playing golf with a makeshift seven iron head attached to an iron rod.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>He became the first Bangladeshi to win on the Asian Tour when he won the Brunei Open two years ago and has featured in the top-10 of the Order of Merit in the past two seasons.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Currently 10th on the rankings, the straight-shooting Siddikur, who is adored by the golfing fraternity back home, aims to upstage the elite field this week after enjoying a week\u2019s break to rest a sore back.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019m feeling much better. It was very painful during the third and fourth round of the Macau Open (two weeks ago). I felt a bit of pain earlier in the week but it feels much better now. I had to withdraw from India because I wasn\u2019t feeling too good. I needed a lot of rest and I\u2019m feeling better now,\u201d said the 27-year-old Bangladeshi.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>India\u2019s Anirban Lahiri, who enjoyed a tied fifth finish in the Hero Indian Open last week, hopes to shine at the Mines Resort.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI had an opportunity to play with a lot of these guys at The Open Championship (in July where he finished tied 31st). This is another week that I can test myself against a quality field. It is all preparation to the lead up at the end of the year,\u201d said 25-yaer-old.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI think it is a great event to play in and have the opportunity to play with the PGA Tour players. Tiger Woods is here as well and it is a chance to get more World Ranking points.\u201d<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Despite the PGA Tour producing two winners in the past two editions, Lahiri insists that the Asian Tour stars have a realistic chance of bagging the top prize of US$1.3 million on offer here.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI think we have a great chance to win. We are used to the conditions in Malaysia where it is really hot. I think it is something that works in our advantage. The golf course is typically Malaysian grasses that we are used to playing on. I think it is a great opportunity for us to go out and win,\u201d he said.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cLast week was a huge confidence booster for me. I\u2019m feeling much more confident and upbeat, probably more than going into last week\u2019s event. The form is starting to come back and it is a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kuala Lumpur<\/strong>: Siddikur, nicknamed the \u2018Tiger Woods of Bangladesh\u2019, will finally get his chance to face-off with the man himself at the CIMB Classic which starts on Thursday.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Woods, a 14-time Major champion, will headline the US$6.1 million tournament which former ball boy Siddikur, one of the great success stories on the Asian Tour, has competed in since the event was inaugurated at the Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Siddikur hopes to roar louder at CIMB Classic - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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