DHAKA: Bangladesh golfer Siddiqur Rahman will fly for Malaysia Sunday to participate in Malaysian Open to be started on February 5.

He, however, has recently recovered the back injury which curtailed his participation in several tours last year. As a result, Siddiq had lost his spot in top10 chart of Asian Tour Order of Merit champion.

The two-time Asian Tour winner is going to start this year’s professional season through joining the next week’s USD 3m (Tk 231.81m) Maybank Malaysian Open (from Feb 5 to Feb 8).

Moreover, wife Samaun Anjum Auroni will accompany him during the tour.

On the other hand, the Asian golf star will also participate in Thailand Classic and Hero Indian Open following the tour.

According to sources, he will face a stellar cast at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club – including defending champion Lee Westwood of England, three-time Asian Tour No. 1 Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand and Major champion Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland.

Newly-crowned Asian Tour Order of Merit champion David Lipsky of the United States, second-ranked Anirban Lahiri of India and double champion Rashid Khan of India will also feature in the prestigious tournament alongside 18-time Tour winner Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand, 2013 Maybank Malaysian Open champion Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Liang Wen-chong of China, Asia’s number one in 2007.

BDST: 1132 HRS, JAN 30, 2015