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Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam: India\u2019s rising star Anirban Lahiri will rely on the short putter in his hunt for a fourth Asian Tour title at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters on Thursday.<\/p>\nPetaling Jaya, Shah Alam: India\u2019s rising star Anirban Lahiri will rely on the short putter in his hunt for a fourth Asian Tour title at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The three-time Asian Tour, who previously used the belly putter, opted for the shorter flat stick at last week\u2019s Queen\u2019s Cup in Thailand where he finished tied 10th after fighting his way into contention.<\/p>\n
Lahiri is amongst a star-studded cast which includes title holder Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand, Bangladeshi Siddikur, American Jonathan Moore, Filipino Angelo Que, Australia\u2019s Scott Hend and Korea\u2019s Baek Seuk-hyun at the RM1.2 million (US$400,000) Asian Tour event this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling confident with the short putter which is important if I want to go on to win an event. I\u2019m feeling comfortable and good with my game,\u201d said Lahiri.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t thrilled with the way I was putting with the belly putter in the early part of the season. I had decided with my coach that I was going to try out the short putter in Thailand and Selangor and another two more events back home before making a decision for the rest of the season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He believes the tree-lined Seri Selangor course will provide a stern test for the stars of the Asian Tour, which is celebrating its milestone 10th season as a players\u2019 organisation in 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was telling some of the rookies that anyone who has come out for these two weeks are playing two of the toughest courses that we play all year. You won\u2019t see 16 or 17 under winning the tournament. Single digit might be good enough,\u201d said the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n
Upcoming Thai Arnond Vongvanij, who finished second at the Queen\u2019s Cup on home soil on Sunday, also hopes a new putter will guide him to a second Asian Tour title.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were a lot of reasons why I played well last week and putting was one of them. Maybe it had something to do with my new putter. I used my old putter for eight years so I\u2019m quite surprised that I changed it,\u201d said Arnond.<\/p>\n
Siddikur is determined to build on his solid track record at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters where he has yet to finish outside the top-five in the event since 2011. He was in contention in last week\u2019s Queen\u2019s Cup before finishing tied eighth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always enjoy playing in this tournament. I have good memories and I did very well here. The course has changed a bit. The greens are fast and the fairways have improved. My game was great at the Queen\u2019s Cup but unfortunately I didn\u2019t have a good final round,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast week\u2019s golf course is almost similar as this. You need to place the ball at the correct place to have a good score here,\u201d added Siddikur, who is the first Bangladeshi to play and win on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n
Berry Henson of the United States fancies his chances at Seri Selangor despite playing the course for the first time. He is among more than 30 different nationalities who play on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really like this golf course. The greens are firm so it is really good for my game. You have to hit it high and it is an advantage if you hit it long. I think we are going to see different guys on the leaderboard this week. It is going to be a different set-up than what we usually play on in Asia,\u201d said Henson.<\/p>\n
Worldwide Holdings, a 100 per cent subsidiary of PKNS \u2013 the development arm of the state of Selangor \u2013 will title sponsor the Selangor Masters for the sixth successive year. The state-linked company has an impressive portfolio of businesses which include property development and investment, environmental management services and investment holding in Selangor.<\/p>\n
The weekend rounds of the tournament will be telecast live on the Asian Tour\u2019s global platform which reaches over 200 countries and 650 million homes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam: India\u2019s rising star Anirban Lahiri will rely on the short putter in his hunt for a fourth Asian Tour title at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters on Thursday. The three-time Asian Tour, who previously used the belly putter, opted for the shorter flat stick at last week\u2019s Queen\u2019s Cup in Thailand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1065,158,6293,4460,6401],"class_list":["post-16020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf","tag-anirban-lahiri","tag-asian-tour","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-queens-cup","tag-worldwide-holdings-selangor-masters"],"yoast_head":"\n