Lahiri’s 2021 PGA Tour campaign comes to a close
Photo: Pro Golf Now Pro Golf – PGA Tour Anirban Lahiri, who last week successfully qualified for the first of 3 stages of the PGA Tour’s season ending FedExCup Playoffs, shot scores of 69-69-71 at the US$ 9.5mn Northern Trust, and barring a final round 62 will not go forward to the next stage. The […]
Lahiri makes it to FedEx Cup Playoffs
Pro Golf – PGA Tour 34-year-old Anirban Lahiri defended his top 125 place in the Fedex Cup rankings on the PGA Tour by making the cut and finishing tied-46th at the US$ 6.4mn Wyndham Championship with scores of 67-69-67-70 (7-under 273). His US$ 18,000 (₹ 13.3 lacs) cheque brought his regular season earnings to US$930,661 […]
Anirban was solid but couldn’t catch fire
Tokyo Olympics Similar to Aditi, Anirban Lahiri also had to recover from COVID contracted in May while on the PGA Tour. He too lost distance off the tee, losing body mass and taking time to recuperate from the virus but managed to shoot 67-72-68-72 (5-under 279) to finish tied-42nd, in a very low scoring tournament […]
Anirban Lahiri picks up over US$200,000 with 3rd place finish
PGA Tour Anirban Lahiri took full advantage of the absence of the top names , who were all playing The Open Championship over in England, to secure an invaluable 3rd place finish with rounds of 68-67-68-65 (20-under 268) at the US$ 3.5mn Barbasol Championship to pick up a cheque of over US$206,000 (Rs 1.5 crores […]
Hero to sponsor European Tour event at St. Andrews
European Tour As was done in 2020, Hero Motocorp will sponsor a European Tour event in 2021. The US$ 1.5mn Hero Open, an event introduced by the European Tour is all set to be played at Fairmont St. Andrews from August 5-8, just 5 miles away from the historic Old Course at St Andrews Links, […]
Lahiri picks Chikka to help him in Tokyo
Pro Golf – Olympics 34-year-old Anirban Lahiri is headed for Tokyo to represent India for a consecutive second time at the Olympics. Last week, he addressed the media in a virtual press conference from Illinois, the venue for John Deere Classic. Lahiri talked about topics ranging from his fight with COVID-19, his charity work with […]
Indian pros miss cuts in Europe, USA
Pro Golf After last week’s successes, the past week saw missed cuts on the LPGA, European and PGA Tours. Aditi Ashok shot rounds of 71-72 (1-over 142) to miss the cut by 1 stroke in Ohio while Lahiri shot rounds of 71-71 (even-par 142) and Arjun Atwal shot 71-69 (140) to miss the cut line […]
Tokyo bound Lahiri makes cut in Michigan
Pro Golf – PGA Tour 34-year-old PGA Tour regular Anirban Lahiri shot 71-69-73-68 (7-under 281) to finish tied-52nd at the US$ 7.2mn Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, Michigan, adding US$17,775 (₹13.2 lakhs) to his current season earnings which has reached US$ 700,000 (₹5.2 crores approx.) with two top 10’s and 9 cuts made in 18 […]
Aditi and Lahiri confirmed for Tokyo, Mane borderline
Pro Golf – Olympics 23-year-old LPGA regular Aditi Ashok and 33-year-old PGA Tour regular Anirban Lahiri have qualified for the Olympics a second time based on their world rankings and being the top-Indians. Anirban ranked 340 and Aditi ranked 172 on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) and Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings (WWGR) respectively. […]
Tough week for Indian pros across the globe
Pro Golf – Across the Globe The past week wasn’t the best for our golfers across the globe, as six of them missed the cut in their respective tournaments played out in the USA, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic. LPGA – Women’s PGA Championship Aditi Ashok played her 17th major championship on the LPGA, […]