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Bhullar to lead Indian challenge at Jakarta

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Press Trust of India Jakarta
Gaganjeet Bhullar is all set to lead a strong Indian challenge at the USD 750,000 Indonesia Open, which commences here tomorrow.

Bhullar, who has been in the top-five of the Order of Merit for most part of the year, and Anirban Lahiri are coming off two events in Australia.

A 12-week stretch resulted in two Asian Tour victories for Bhullar last year and he hopes to repeat the feat when he plays in his 10th straight event after representing his country at the World Cup of Golf last week.

Shiv Kapur, who has been in fine form, is also in contention.
 

The other Indians in the field are Jyoti Randhawa, Rahil Gangjee, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Himmat Rai, Sujjan Singh, Chiragh Kumar and Abhinav Lohan.

"Mentally, I'm still young (laughs). Mentally I'm right up there and I can still win tournaments in any given week. I think I just need to put a few things together at a same time and once things start rolling then it will be a really good few weeks," Bhullar said.

"I had about 12 weeks in a row last year and I really enjoyed that run. I always play well when I play few weeks in a row. I'm really looking forward to playing a couple of weeks on a trot. Yeah, it works for me because I feel that I'm in the moment and I really enjoy playing week after week.

"Indonesia is really close to my heart. I always played well here. Good to be in a place where you are mentally and physically comfortable. I'm looking forward to a good week. I've played here a few times and I'm looking forward to four solid rounds," he added.

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First Published: Nov 27 2013 | 7:11 PM IST

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