LAHIRI WINS INDIAN OPEN PLAY-OFF
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Anirban Lahiri beat compatriot S S P Chawrasia in a play-off to claim an emotional home triumph at the Hero Indian Open at Delhi Golf Club and a second European Tour title just two weeks after his maiden victory.
Lahiri, who won the Malaysian Open a fortnight ago, began the final round seven shots off the lead but a closing 69 was enough to force extra holes as overnight leader Chawrasia stumbled to a 76.
The home pair returned to the par five 18th for the play-off and with Chawrasia unable to make par after hooking his tee shot into the trees, Lahiri holed from ten feet for a winning birdie.
Sweden's Joakim Lagergren, Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng, Sri Lanka's Mithun Perera and Australian Marcus Fraser all finished on six under, with Perera the only player to birdie the par five 18th.
Marksaeng three-putted from long range for par on the last, while Fraser held the outright lead on nine under par after 12 holes, only to double bogey the 13th and drop another shot on the 16th.
Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman began the day two off the lead on ten and briefly led after five straight pars at the start of his round, but a ragged inward 39 cost him a shot at the title.
But the day belonged to Lahiri, India’s new star of world golf, who, just four months ago, was at The European Tour Qualifying School and who now will make his Masters debut at Augusta in April, having climbed into the top 35 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Player Quotes
Anirban Lahiri: “I’m shocked. I really didn’t think that I will be in this position considering the way S.S.P. and Siddikur have been playing. I thought all of us were playing for third. This is the toughest I’ve seen Delhi Golf Club play. It was very windy and it was not the usual wind when we come here. That’s the only reason why I had a chance today.
“My heart goes out to S.S.P. and I really hope that he gets his European Tour card this year. I didn’t know what was going on until reached the ninth green. I was walking up and my caddy said we have a chance. I asked him what is he talking about and he replied that S.S.P. is having a bad round. That’s when I looked at the leaderboard and I was one shot behind.
“At the start of the week, I knew that if I put in a good performance it would pretty much secure my place in The Masters. I didn’t think I would win after the last three days of golf. It is fantastic. Now the whole world is opened to me. I’m really excited. This is what dreams are made of.”
FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x71)
277 A Lahiri (Ind) 73 65 70 69, S Chawrasia (Ind) 65 67 69 76 (Lahiri won play-off at first extra hole).
278 J Lagergren (Swe) 65 71 73 69, P Marksaeng (Tha) 68 70 69 71, M Perera (Sri) 67 72 70 69, M Fraser (Aus) 69 70 67 72
279 R McEvoy (Eng) 70 67 72 70, R Wattel (Fra) 70 74 67 68, S Rahman (Ban) 65 68 70 76
280 P Peterson (USA) 69 68 71 72281 D Chopra (Swe) 70 72 65 74
282 C Nirat (Tha) 65 71 75 71, A Otaegui (Esp) 70 70 70 72, A Da Silva (Bra) 71 70 68 73, P Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 73 70 68 71, B Evans (Eng) 72 70 68 72
283 J Randhawa (Ind) 74 69 69 71, A Vongvanij (Tha) 72 72 68 71, J Parry (Eng) 70 74 69 70, S Sharma (Ind) 69 72 73 69, J Hahn (USA) 70 71 71 71, T Khrongpha (Tha) 68 74 73 68, L Weber (Fra) 68 74 72 69
284 J Singh (Ind) 72 72 68 72, C Pigem (Esp) 70 72 72 70, M Korhonen (Fin) 68 72 72 72, M Jaini (Ind) 73 69 71 71, V Riu (Fra) 71 72 71 70, R Khan (Ind) 71 72 71 70, A Velasco (Esp) 71 71 74 68
285 C Del Moral (Esp) 69 71 72 73, P Lawrie (Irl) 69 70 71 75, S Chikkarangappa (Ind) 69 75 68 73, A Atwal (Ind) 70 70 75 70
286 S Walker (Eng) 72 72 72 70, M Kumar (Ind) 71 73 69 73, A Wall (Eng) 72 70 70 74, M Tullo (Chi) 72 69 73 72
287 C Kumar (Ind) 69 74 70 74, K Kumar (Ind) 72 72 70 73, K Richardson (Aus) 67 74 70 76, N Thangaraja (Sri) 71 73 74 69, W Ormsby (Aus) 75 68 71 73, A Malik (Ind) 75 69 71 72
288 J Knutzon (USA) 71 72 71 74, S Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 72 74, J Scrivener (Aus) 72 72 72 72, M Jiménez (Esp) 70 71 71 76, A Groom (Aus) 74 69 71 74
289 G Maybin (Nir) 72 70 75 72, O Chouhan (Ind) 71 73 73 72,
290 J Janewattananond (Tha) 68 74 73 75, P Pittayarat (Tha) 72 71 72 75, P Meesawat (Tha) 71 71 72 76, J Campillo (Esp) 71 73 72 74, C Lloyd (Eng) 74 70 68 78, J Palmer (Eng) 70 71 69 80
291 M Mamat (Sin) 73 71 72 75, S Soderberg (Swe) 72 71 74 74, J Roos (RSA) 70 69 72 80, M Orrin (Eng) 71 72 70 78, N Holman (Aus) 71 73 73 74,
292 M Tabuena (Phi) 72 72 71 77, K Pratt (Aus) 75 69 68 80, D Chia (Mas) 68 76 71 77, A Cheema (Ind) 72 70 71 79,
293 C Paisley (Eng) 75 68 78 72,
294 S Kapur (Ind) 73 69 73 79,
** R Lee (Can) 65 75 75 RT,
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Anirban Lahiri beat compatriot S S P Chawrasia in a play-off to claim an emotional home triumph at the Hero Indian Open at Delhi Golf Club and a second European Tour title just two weeks after his maiden victory.
Lahiri, who won the Malaysian Open a fortnight ago, began the final round seven shots off the lead but a closing 69 was enough to force extra holes as overnight leader Chawrasia stumbled to a 76.
The home pair returned to the par five 18th for the play-off and with Chawrasia unable to make par after hooking his tee shot into the trees, Lahiri holed from ten feet for a winning birdie.
Sweden's Joakim Lagergren, Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng, Sri Lanka's Mithun Perera and Australian Marcus Fraser all finished on six under, with Perera the only player to birdie the par five 18th.
Marksaeng three-putted from long range for par on the last, while Fraser held the outright lead on nine under par after 12 holes, only to double bogey the 13th and drop another shot on the 16th.
Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman began the day two off the lead on ten and briefly led after five straight pars at the start of his round, but a ragged inward 39 cost him a shot at the title.
But the day belonged to Lahiri, India’s new star of world golf, who, just four months ago, was at The European Tour Qualifying School and who now will make his Masters debut at Augusta in April, having climbed into the top 35 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Player Quotes
Anirban Lahiri: “I’m shocked. I really didn’t think that I will be in this position considering the way S.S.P. and Siddikur have been playing. I thought all of us were playing for third. This is the toughest I’ve seen Delhi Golf Club play. It was very windy and it was not the usual wind when we come here. That’s the only reason why I had a chance today.
“My heart goes out to S.S.P. and I really hope that he gets his European Tour card this year. I didn’t know what was going on until reached the ninth green. I was walking up and my caddy said we have a chance. I asked him what is he talking about and he replied that S.S.P. is having a bad round. That’s when I looked at the leaderboard and I was one shot behind.
“At the start of the week, I knew that if I put in a good performance it would pretty much secure my place in The Masters. I didn’t think I would win after the last three days of golf. It is fantastic. Now the whole world is opened to me. I’m really excited. This is what dreams are made of.”
FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x71)
277 A Lahiri (Ind) 73 65 70 69, S Chawrasia (Ind) 65 67 69 76 (Lahiri won play-off at first extra hole).
278 J Lagergren (Swe) 65 71 73 69, P Marksaeng (Tha) 68 70 69 71, M Perera (Sri) 67 72 70 69, M Fraser (Aus) 69 70 67 72
279 R McEvoy (Eng) 70 67 72 70, R Wattel (Fra) 70 74 67 68, S Rahman (Ban) 65 68 70 76
280 P Peterson (USA) 69 68 71 72281 D Chopra (Swe) 70 72 65 74
282 C Nirat (Tha) 65 71 75 71, A Otaegui (Esp) 70 70 70 72, A Da Silva (Bra) 71 70 68 73, P Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 73 70 68 71, B Evans (Eng) 72 70 68 72
283 J Randhawa (Ind) 74 69 69 71, A Vongvanij (Tha) 72 72 68 71, J Parry (Eng) 70 74 69 70, S Sharma (Ind) 69 72 73 69, J Hahn (USA) 70 71 71 71, T Khrongpha (Tha) 68 74 73 68, L Weber (Fra) 68 74 72 69
284 J Singh (Ind) 72 72 68 72, C Pigem (Esp) 70 72 72 70, M Korhonen (Fin) 68 72 72 72, M Jaini (Ind) 73 69 71 71, V Riu (Fra) 71 72 71 70, R Khan (Ind) 71 72 71 70, A Velasco (Esp) 71 71 74 68
285 C Del Moral (Esp) 69 71 72 73, P Lawrie (Irl) 69 70 71 75, S Chikkarangappa (Ind) 69 75 68 73, A Atwal (Ind) 70 70 75 70
286 S Walker (Eng) 72 72 72 70, M Kumar (Ind) 71 73 69 73, A Wall (Eng) 72 70 70 74, M Tullo (Chi) 72 69 73 72
287 C Kumar (Ind) 69 74 70 74, K Kumar (Ind) 72 72 70 73, K Richardson (Aus) 67 74 70 76, N Thangaraja (Sri) 71 73 74 69, W Ormsby (Aus) 75 68 71 73, A Malik (Ind) 75 69 71 72
288 J Knutzon (USA) 71 72 71 74, S Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 72 74, J Scrivener (Aus) 72 72 72 72, M Jiménez (Esp) 70 71 71 76, A Groom (Aus) 74 69 71 74
289 G Maybin (Nir) 72 70 75 72, O Chouhan (Ind) 71 73 73 72,
290 J Janewattananond (Tha) 68 74 73 75, P Pittayarat (Tha) 72 71 72 75, P Meesawat (Tha) 71 71 72 76, J Campillo (Esp) 71 73 72 74, C Lloyd (Eng) 74 70 68 78, J Palmer (Eng) 70 71 69 80
291 M Mamat (Sin) 73 71 72 75, S Soderberg (Swe) 72 71 74 74, J Roos (RSA) 70 69 72 80, M Orrin (Eng) 71 72 70 78, N Holman (Aus) 71 73 73 74,
292 M Tabuena (Phi) 72 72 71 77, K Pratt (Aus) 75 69 68 80, D Chia (Mas) 68 76 71 77, A Cheema (Ind) 72 70 71 79,
293 C Paisley (Eng) 75 68 78 72,
294 S Kapur (Ind) 73 69 73 79,
** R Lee (Can) 65 75 75 RT,
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