Crane charges into sole lead at CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia
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Siddikur was over the moon to feature on the leaderboard and will enter the last round five shots off the pace at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia. The 26-year-old, who grew up in a poor family in Dhaka and built a first club with a broken seven iron head stuck on a metal rod, brilliantly sank six birdies and outscored playing partner Heath Slocum, winner on the PGA Tour two weeks ago, by six shots.
"I think it was a great day. It was absolutely good today … drive, irons, chipping and putting were absolutely good," smiled Siddikur, the first Bangladeshi to win on the Asian Tour with his win in the Brunei Open in August.
"It's a big tournament in my life and I'm enjoying playing with the PGA Tour players. I'm learning something from them."
It could yet be a long shot for him to upset the odds and land the million dollar prize money on Sunday but after coming out of poverty with hard work and determination, he refused to stop dreaming.
"Just dreaming about the big money for me and for Bangladesh. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, need another good round," he said. "I'm just playing golf. I'm not scared as I've been playing for so long. I'm playing like when I'm playing with friends."
The title sponsor of the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia is CIMB Group. CIMB Group is one of Southeast Asia's leading universal banking franchises. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur with key offices across South East Asia, CIMB Group offers a full suite of financial services and related products. Read more about CIMB Group at www.cimb.com.
Complete Round Three Scores
197 - Ben Crane (USA) 67-64-66
199 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 65-68-66
201 - Ricky Barnes (USA) 63-69-69, Ryan Moore (USA) 64-68-69, Luke Donald (ENG) 67-67-67, Brian Davis (ENG) 65-70-66, Mardan Mamat (SIN) 66-70-65
202 - Pariya Junhasavasdikul (THA) 66-65-71, D.J. Trahan (USA) 67-67-68, Martin Laird (SCO) 66-69-67, Kevin Streelman (USA) 69-66-67, Siddikur (BAN) 69-68-65
203 - Adam Scott (AUS) 69-65-69, Rickie Fowler (USA) 68-67-68
204 - Ernie Els (RSA) 67-68-69, Tom Gillis (USA) 69-66-69, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 73-67-64
205 - Charlie Wi (KOR) 65-70-70, Michael Sim (AUS) 67-69-69, Tim Clark (RSA) 67-69-69, K.J. Choi (KOR) 70-69-66, Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 71-69-65
206 - Robert Allenby (AUS) 72-66-68, J.B. Holmes (USA) 73-67-66
207 - Y.E. Yang (KOR) 72-69-66, Ryan Palmer (USA) 72-70-65
208 - Heath Slocum (USA) 68-69-71, Arjun Atwal (IND) 68-71-69, Kevin Na (USA) 70-71-67
209 - Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 66-69-74, Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 71-66-72, Retief Goosen (RSA) 69-69-71, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 68-75-66
210 - Tetsuji Hiratsuka (JPN) 71-70-69, Bill Haas (USA) 72-69-69
211 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 70-72-69
212 - Marcus Fraser (AUS) 70-72-70
213 - Lam Chih-Bing (SIN) 69-72-72, John Senden (AUS) 71-71-71
214 - Shaaban Hussin (MAS) 72-72-70
