Siddikur misses cut

Bangladesh's ace golfer Siddikur Rahman missed the cut for the fourth time in five Asian Tour events this season as he bowed out of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open yesterday. The 30-year-old golfer, who started the day at par (71), returned a card of two-over (73) for the second round for an aggregate of three-over (144).

Siddikur's game fluctuated throughout the day as he traded three bogeys for two birdies in the front nine before managing two more birdies against one bogey and a double bogey in the back nine. Had he managed to stay one-over for the day, Siddikur would have been able to make the cut.

His failure to make another is bad news for the two-time Asian Tour winner as a good show in this event would have held him in good stead ahead of the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open, the first ever Asian Tour event to be held in Bangladesh, from May 27 to 30.