India, July 16 -- Gaganjeet Bhullar is in familiar territory. The 37-year-old is off to a typically slow start - he has made the cut in each of his six outings but is yet to make a top-10 this year - but if history is an indicator, there may be better days ahead.

Ten of Bhullar's 11 Asian Tour titles have come in the second half of the season (post July), and in his most recent appearance at the International Series in Rabat (July 3-6), his game showed signs of coming together.

After opening his season at the International Series (IS) in Gurugram earlier this year where he ended T24, Bhullar's form dipped in the two IS events that followed. He was T63 in IS Macau and T39 in IS Japan. In between, there was a T17 at the Hero Indian Open i...