Lahiri races to tied 7th , Woods 14th
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri shot a fine 5-under 65 to position himself in tied-7th place after the opening day of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club here.
Landing six birdies against one solitary bogey, Lahiri was three shots behind the leader and two-time WGC winner, Ian Poulter, whose 8-under 62 tied the record for lowest first-round score in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
India’s other player in the field, Shubhankar Sharma shot 2-over 72 and was T-63rd in the 71-man field. Sharma had two birdies against four bogeys in his third WGC appearance.
Tiger Woods, T-6 at the Open last month, and an eight-time winner at Firestone, opened with a 66 to sit at T-14. Woods beginning on No. 10, sank a 50-foot birdie putt from off the green at No. 18 to make the turn in 3-under 32. His only bogey of the day came at his last hole, No. 9.
Englishman Poulter produced his lowest round in eight years with eight birdies and no bogeys as favourable scoring conditions resulted in a lot of low scores. Poulter’s 62 was his best since 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open, where he had a second-round 60
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HULLAR MOVES TO 5TH
Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar recovered from a shaky start to card threeunder 69 for a share of the fifth spot at the midway stage of the Fiji International tournament here. Bhullar stands five-under overall. He is six shots behind the runaway leader Kiwi Ben Campbell, who shot 67 after his first round 66 to get to 11-under.
Of the four Indians in the field, Ajeetesh Sandhu (73-73) was the only other one to make the cut, while Shiv Kapur (80-72) and Chiragh Kumar (77-80) missed out.
GANGJEE WINS
Two-time Asian Tour winner Rahil Gangjee won the $75000 Louis Philippe Cup at the Prestige Golfshire Club on Friday. Beginning the final day in tied fifth position and four shots behind overnight leaders Udayan Mane and Rashid Khan, the Kolkata bred and Bengaluru based pro dished out a champagne performance, carding a stunning 7-under 63 for an overall score of 11-under 269, to win by three strokes and pocket the $ 13,125 winner’s cheque. His 63 on the day was also a course record which was set up India’s Udayan Mane and Argentine Miguel Carballo on the first day of the competition.
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