Lahiri placed T21, Tiger soars
It was a tale of two nines for Anirban Lahiri as he shot five-under on the front nine before slumping to 2-over 38 for a 3-under 69 that still moved him 14 places up at the Memorial Tournament here.
Lahiri is now T-21 at 7-under. India’s other challenger this week, Shubhankar Sharma had earlier missed the cut.
Bryson DeChambeau fired a 6-under 66 that included birdies on two of the toughest holes to take a one-shot lead going into a final round. DeChambeau missed two short putts but was still 14-under 202.
Once again the focus was on Tiger Woods (68) who is in frame at Muirfield Village for the first time in six years.
At 9-under, he was 5-behind, but his form was brilliant despite his putting let him down again.
Asked if he was ready for a win, Woods said, “Well, I was at 11-under par, and I had wasted a bunch of shots the last two days and I was 4-over par in the first round, so you do the math.”
ANAND HOLDS CARLSEN, STAYS IN CONTENTION
DUBLIN (US):
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway to stay in contention for top honours after the end of the fifth round of Altibox Norway Chess tournament, here.
Having won two games in a row with white pieces earlier in the tournament, Carlsen could do little against Anand this time and the Norwegian was not quite happy with his play.
Anand surprised Carlsen early in the opening.
STAVANGER (NORWAY):