Following his title triumph in the Macao Open yesterday, Bhullar is now 12th place on the Order of Merit. With seven tournaments with a total prize purse of USD 6.65 million still on offer, he is eyeing the top position on the Order of Merit.
"It has been my childhood dream to win the Order of Merit. I've seen my heroes Arjun (Atwal), Jyoti (Randhawa) and Jeev (Milkha Singh) win the Order of Merit. I would love to do the same and the goal for the rest of the season is to play like how I'm playing and stay in the positive mood," said the 29-year-old, whose current season's earnings on the Tour stand at USD 340,761.
The Indian duo of SSP Chawrasia (USD 340,761) and Anirban Lahiri (USD 320,150) are in fourth and fifth position followed by Thai teenager Phachara Khongwatmai (USD 301,852) in sixth place.
Bhullar is now tied on Asian Tour victories alongside Atwal and Randhawa. He only trails Scott Hend of Australia (nine), Prayad Marksaeng (10), Thongchai Jaidee (13) and Thaworn Wiratchant (18).
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When Randhawa and Atwal won their eighth Asian Tour title, they were aged 36 and 41 respectively while Hend was 42 and Prayad was 48. Thai stars Thongchai and Thaworn were 37 and 38 when they reached eight wins on the region's premier Tour.
Bhullar credited his success to hard work and a new partnership with coach Noah Montgomery.
"I started working with my coach in the summer and we've been working really hard on my game. He changed a few technical aspects in my swing and that's really helped me. Overall the attitude and my point of view towards the game and winning have changed," said Bhullar.
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