{"id":14871,"date":"2013-06-16T03:17:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T03:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871"},"modified":"2013-06-16T03:17:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T03:17:27","slug":"anirban-jumps-to-4th-spot-siddikur-leads-at-queens-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871","title":{"rendered":"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"anirban lahiri\" src=\"images\/golf\/anirban%20lahiri.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>Samui, Thailand:<\/strong> India&#8217;s Anirban Lahiri carded his consecutive four-under-67 to remain in hunt for his first Asian Tour title outside India as he is three shots behind leader Siddikur in the USD 312,000 Queen&#8217;s Cup here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lahiri, who has won three Asian Tour titles at home and all on the Delhi Golf Club, carded a second straight four-under 67 to move to eight-under 205 and in fourth place.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rahil Gangjee, the only other Indian to make the cut, carded 70 and was lying 30th at one-over 214. Gangjee started with a double bogey and then had three birdies on second, sixth and eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bangladesh\u2019s Siddikur remains confident of ending of his three-year title drought on the Asian Tour after he snatched the third round lead with a four-under-par 67.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Despite the overwhelming support for home favourites at the Santiburi Samui Country Club, the 28-year-old Bangladeshi stamped his authority by taking a slender one-shot lead over Thailand\u2019s Prayad Marksaeng with his three-day total of 11-under-par 202.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Prayad was left to rue a costly triple-bogey seven on the 14th hole as that cost him the lead and slipped him to second place on 203.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Arnond Vongvanij of Thailand signed for a 68 to take third place while India\u2019s Anirban Lahiri stayed on course for his first win outside India when he took fourth place with a 67.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>After finishing tied-second at the Queen\u2019s Cup last year, Siddikur is determined to better that result and he meant business by opening his round strongly with two birdies in his first three holes.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>He dropped two shots on holes six and seven but bounced back with another birdie on the ninth.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The Bangladeshi bogeyed the 10th but responded quickly again with another birdie on the 11th. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Three birdies in his closing four holes then lifted him to pole position on the leaderboard.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019ve been playing well on this course but just didn\u2019t finish it off well. I came in second last year and I\u2019m looking for that win tomorrow,\u201d said Siddikur.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019ve been playing for a long time and I don\u2019t feel any pressure. I\u2019m feeling very comfortable about my game and I\u2019m just looking forward to the final 18 holes,\u201d added Siddikur, who holds the honour of being the first Bangladeshi to win on the Asian Tour when he earned his career breakthrough in Brunei in 2010. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Meanwhile Prayad knows he had to produce a more consistent performance on the final day if he wants to tame the beast of Santiburi Samui Country Club.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The 47-year-old has come close to winning with three top-three finishes. However, it is still that victory which has eluded him since the Queen\u2019s Cup made its debut on the Asian Tour in 2009.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Prayad opened convincingly with three birdies on the trot but was set back by bogeys on the fourth and fifth holes.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>He mixed two more birdies against one bogey in his next four holes to turn in 34.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The six-time Asian Tour winner held a two-shot advantage after carding another birdie on the 12th hole.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>A disastrous triple-bogey seven on the 14th hole however put paid to his hopes of heading into Sunday with the lead.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019ll have to do better. It was a roller-coaster day for me and on the 14th, I misjudged my shots and made a real mess out of it,\u201d said Prayad.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cThere\u2019s still 18 holes left to play and hopefully I can turn this around,\u201d added Prayad.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Despite trailing Siddikur by two shots, Arnond remains upbeat about winning his second Asian Tour title.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The Thai found himself in similar position when he earned his career breakthrough on home soil last year and will be banking on that experience again to secure another victory on the region\u2019s premier Tour.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI was not leading during King\u2019s Cup and I was just focused on doing my best. And here again, I\u2019m not leading so I\u2019m just going to use that to my advantage and take the pressure off,\u201d said the 24-year-old.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Lahiri is delighted that he is finding his form again with his short putter. The Indian is also excited that he has a chance to hoist his first title on foreign land after enjoying three Asian Tour wins at home.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019m happy that I\u2019ve found my rhythm. I\u2019m playing well and hitting the ball good. It\u2019s my first week back with my short putter and that\u2019s a very big positive for me,\u201d said Lahiri.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI\u2019ve been coming here for the last five years and I\u2019m starting to feel very comfortable here. I\u2019ve learnt how to navigate this tough course,\u201d added the Indian.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Thailand PGA, the Queen\u2019s Cup is held in honour of Her Majesty, Queen Sirikit and is one of four tournaments in Thailand to feature on the Asian Tour, which is celebrating its milestone 10th season after establishing itself as a players\u2019 organisation in 2004.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The weekend rounds of the Queen\u2019s Cup will be broadcast live on True Sport and will also feature on the Asian Tour Golf and Highlights show.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Queen\u2019s Cup Bangkok Airways \u2013 SAT Samui Golf Tournament 2013 is mainly sponsored by Bangkok Airways, Sports Authority of Thailand, Santiburi Samui Country Club, Bangkok Hospital Group, PTT Co.,Ltd, Bangkok Bank, Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group, Tourism Authority of Thailand and co-sponsored by Four Seasons Resort, Samui Palm Beach Resort and Intercontinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Leading scores after round 3 of the Queen&#8217;s Cup Bangkok Airways &#8211; SAT Samui Golf Tourn being played at the par 71, 6791 Yards Santiburi GC course (a- denotes amateur):<br \/>202 &#8211; SIDDIKUR&nbsp; (BAN) 66-69-67.<br \/>203 &#8211; Prayad MARKSAENG (THA) 71-64-68.<br \/>204 &#8211; Arnond VONGVANIJ (THA) 69-67-68.<br \/>205 &#8211; Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 71-67-67.<br \/>206 &#8211; Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA) 68-68-70.<br \/>207 &#8211; Nicholas FUNG (MAS) 72-64-71, Daisuke KATAOKA (JPN) 65-68-74.<br \/>208 &#8211; HSU Mong-nan (TPE) 70-70-68, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 71-68-69, Martin ROMINGER (SUI) 69-69-70, Stephen LEWTON (ENG) 70-68-70, Tetsuji HIRATSUKA (JPN) 71-67-70.<br \/>209 &#8211; Chawalit PLAPHOL (THA) 69-70-70, Mardan MAMAT (SIN) 71-68-70, Quincy QUEK (SIN) 71-67-71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"anirban lahiri\" src=\"images\/golf\/anirban%20lahiri.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>Samui, Thailand:<\/strong> India&#8217;s Anirban Lahiri carded his consecutive four-under-67 to remain in hunt for his first Asian Tour title outside India as he is three shots behind leader Siddikur in the USD 312,000 Queen&#8217;s Cup here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lahiri, who has won three Asian Tour titles at home and all on the Delhi Golf Club, carded a second straight four-under 67 to move to eight-under 205 and in fourth place.<\/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":[53],"tags":[1065,4460,509,3149],"class_list":["post-14871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest","tag-anirban-lahiri","tag-queens-cup","tag-rahil-gangjee","tag-siddikur"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#039;s Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#039;s Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samui, Thailand: India&#039;s Anirban Lahiri carded his consecutive four-under-67 to remain in hunt for his first Asian Tour title outside India as he is three shots behind leader Siddikur in the USD 312,000 Queen&#039;s Cup here on Saturday. Lahiri, who has won three Asian Tour titles at home and all on the Delhi Golf Club, carded a second straight four-under 67 to move to eight-under 205 and in fourth place.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-16T03:17:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#8217;s Cup\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-16T03:17:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871\"},\"wordCount\":1067,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Anirban Lahiri\",\"Queen's Cup\",\"Rahil Gangjee\",\"Siddikur\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871\",\"name\":\"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen's Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-16T03:17:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=14871#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#8217;s Cup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen's Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen's Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","og_description":"Samui, Thailand: India's Anirban Lahiri carded his consecutive four-under-67 to remain in hunt for his first Asian Tour title outside India as he is three shots behind leader Siddikur in the USD 312,000 Queen's Cup here on Saturday. Lahiri, who has won three Asian Tour titles at home and all on the Delhi Golf Club, carded a second straight four-under 67 to move to eight-under 205 and in fourth place.","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","article_published_time":"2013-06-16T03:17:27+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#8217;s Cup","datePublished":"2013-06-16T03:17:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871"},"wordCount":1067,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Anirban Lahiri","Queen's Cup","Rahil Gangjee","Siddikur"],"articleSection":["Latest"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871","name":"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen's Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-06-16T03:17:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14871#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anirban jumps to 4th spot, Siddikur leads at Queen&#8217;s Cup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}