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Mardan banking on experience to lift his local game

The devout Muslim also hopes for divine intervention in tricky situations at the SMBC Singapore Open

Published Wed, Jan 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

AT 5am on a misty morning in Dubai 12 years ago, chairs and a table lamp went toppling onto the carpeted floor in my hotel room.

I awoke with a start, thinking it was a burglary, but when I switched on the light, I saw a forlorn figure staring in submission at me.

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