ANIRBAN LAHIRI ENDS CAMPAIGN AT TIED 49TH
AUGUSTA (GEORGIA): Anirban Lahiri drew the curtains on his 2015 Augusta Masters campaign with a string of 18 pars to total four-over 292 to finish tied 49th at the world’s most famous golf tournament.
The 27-year-old India pro had rounds of 71, 75, 74 and 72 in his maiden appearance at the event.
Lahiri became only the second Indian to make the cut at the Masters and despite playing all four rounds, he was disappointed at missing a whole lot of birdie putts and coming back with a round made entirely of pars.
Lahiri played his final round with Erik Compton, who has had two heart transplants. But it was Lahiri, who time and again had his heart skip a beat as he saw the ball agonisingly miss the cup or slide past it in either direction.
“It was as if the ball was dodging the hole or vice-versa and I just could not make it happen,” Lahiri said. “I missed at least a couple of four-footers for birdie and maybe another four-odd putts inside 10 feet, so it was a frustrating round in many senses,” said the Indian ace, who was playing his fourth Major.
He said he had hoped to improve his position when he started on Sunday.
“I knew a score around in the 60s was possible and it would help me move up. And after the way I played off the tee and with iron shots, the score at worst should have been 68, but it was not to be,” he said.
On the f i nal day, Lahiri improved both his driving and iron play from the previous day, but he could do little to hole the putts on the green. Summing his Masters experience, he said, “I was happy to make the cut in my first Masters, just as I had done in my first Open in 2012.”