Lahiri off to a solid start at Fort Worth
FORTWORTH (US): With a new putter in his bag, Anirban Lahiri reeled off three birdies in a row and finished the day at a solid three-under 67 in the first round of the Fort Worth Invitational at the Colonial Country Club.
Lahiri, who had put the new putter in his bag a day earlier, carded five birdies against two bogeys and was T-19th after the opening day.
The Indian had finished with an eagle and a couple of birdies in last three holes at last week’s AT&T Byron Nelson Championships and continued his good run on the opening day here.
SHARMILA TIED SECOND
BEIJING: Despite being under the weather, Sharmila Nicollet kept herself in the title hunt with a steady two-under 70 that brought her to 6-under for 36 holes at the Le Coq Sportif Beijing Ladies Classic.
Sharmila is lying Tied-2nd and one shot behind the leader, a 16-year-old amateur Liu Wenbo, who shot six-under 66 on the second day.
INDIANS EXCEL
ANTALYA: India opened its account with a silver and a bronze in the compound section of the second stage of the archery World Cup Stage II on Friday.
India’s women compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Muskan Kirar and Divya Dhayal recovered from a poor start to lose to their Chinese Taipei opponents by three points to settle for a silver.
Later in the evening session, third seeded mixed pair of Abhisek Verma and Jyothi prevailed over Belgian duo of Reginald Kools and Sarah Prieels 158- 155 in the bronze play-off to add a second medal to India’s tally.