Augusta, Georgia, 12-04-2015
Lahiri cards 74 in round three of The Masters, stays in 50th place
India’s Anirban Lahiri carded a resolute two-over-74 in the penultimate round of The Masters to stay in 50th place at four-over-220. Lahiri’s third round featured a birdie, a bogey and a double-bogey.
The field was led by world number four Jordan Spieth of the United States at 16-under-200.
Lahiri (71-75-74), making his fourth appearance at a Major, lamented a poor putting day on the challenging greens of Augusta.
“I played pretty good for the first six and a half holes and then I hit one bad shot – my approach shot on the seventh hole. I left myself in a bad position in the bunker. Yet from there where I should have made a bogey, I made a double bogey. I went four feet past and missed my bogey putt, too.”
“I did that three times today and those were my dropped shots. After the double on seventh; on the 11th hole I was sitting on a 20-foot birdie, but not only missed that but also the return and made a bogey. Then on 15th, again I three-putted and missed a chance for a birdie. Those were the big disappointments for me in the third round.”
Lahiri was steady to begin with as he parred the first six holes. He then dropped a double-bogey on the seventh. It was his second double-bogey of the week after the one on the 14th in the second round. He conceded a shot again on the 11th and his only birdie of the day came on the par-three 12thhole on the Amen Corner.
Talking of his putting, Lahiri said, “I was energized after making the cut after battling it out in the second round. But this frustration of nothing happening on the green was getting to me. The ball just would not go into the hole.”
A solid final round from Anirban could help him improve his position on the leaderboard and also push him up in the world rankings from his current 34th position.
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