Big increase for Anirban Lahiri forward of Olympics, finishes T-3 at Barbasol Championship

Olympic-bound Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri fired a stellar seven-under 65 to complete tied third on the Barbasol Championship for his greatest results of the season, a well timed increase forward of the Tokyo Games.
Lahiri, 34, made eight birdies, together with 4 over his closing 5 holes, at Keene Trace Golf Club right here on Sunday to finish his week on 20-under 268, one stroke behind the playoff duo of Seamus Power and J T Poston.
Ireland’s Power went on to earn his first PGA TOUR title following a six-hole playoff.
It was a welcome return to kind for Lahiri, who had struggled with COVID-19 in April.
His third profession top-three end on the PGA TOUR moved him up from 129th to 108th on the FedExCup standings. The top-125 will qualify for the profitable FedExCup Playoffs in August and retain their TOUR playing cards for subsequent season.
“I feel all week, I’ve performed a bit higher than the scores I’ve shot. I’ve been a bit disillusioned with my scrambling and simply my rating hasn’t been pretty much as good as I’d have appreciated it to be.
“I’m not playing next week, off to Tokyo, so I wanted to make sure that I get the most out of this week. I’ve done whatever I could given the circumstances,” stated Lahiri, who has featured on the PGA TOUR since 2016.
His week’s playing cards of 68, 67, 68 and 65 marked the primary time he has shot within the 60s in all 4 rounds of a event since ending tied tenth within the 2018 Mayakoba Classic in Mexico.
Lahiri was particularly delighted along with his ball-striking.
After a gap birdie on the third gap from eight toes, Lahiri rattled dwelling a 32-foot conversion on the subsequent earlier than ending strongly with six extra birdies on his homeward stretch towards a lone bogey on 13.
“Yeah, I really needed those,” stated Lahiri of his robust end.
“I really enjoyed it. The golf course obviously is set up for a ton of birdies and eagles, so you better be flag hunting and rolling it good. All in all, a great week,” stated the Indian, a former two-time International Team member of the Presidents Cup.
The Indian will now head to Tokyo on the finish of this week for the boys’s golf competitors from July 29 to August 1 the place he’s decided to problem for a podium end towards a stellar line-up that includes newly topped Open champion Collin Morikawa, World no.1 Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Xander Schaufffele, Rory McIlroy and native hero Hideki Matsuyama.
“It’s exciting to be wearing the Tricolours. It’s always a really, really special thing to represent India. Every opportunity that I get, I’m going to grab it with both hands, and hopefully I can go with this form to Tokyo and keep making these birdies because I’m going to need them,” stated Lahiri, who completed 57th in a area of 60 in 2016 Rio Olympics.
“It would imply every part (to win a medal). I feel it could change the best way golf is perceived in India. I feel it could change the sort of assist we get from corporates and the federal government.
Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira closed with a 68 to complete tied twentieth whereas China’s Bobby Bai, who Monday certified for his first PGA TOUR begin on US soil, settled for a share of forty second place after a ultimate spherical 73.