The Empire Hotel & Country Club, Jerudong, Brunei, August 14: After winning three straight tournaments on home soil, Malaysia’s rising star Ben Leong will be targeting a first international victory when he competes in next week’s Brunei Open.

The 22-year-old is enjoying a purple patch, winning two Malaysian events before going on to post a maiden Asian Tour victory at the Worldwide Selangor Masters last week where he outdueled two-time number one Thongchai Jaidee in the final round.

Leong will no doubt be the hot favourite to succeed again in the US$300,000 Asian Tour tournament at Empire Hotel and Country Club from August 21 to 24.

“I’ll definitely aim for four wins in a row,” said the talented Malaysian.

“We’ll see how it goes. I’ve been taking it slow this week and have been doing what I always do which is practice and practice. Brunei is only 20 minutes by flight from Kota Kinabalu (his hometown) so it’ll be just like home.”

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