Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, 23-06-2013
Anirban Lahiri finishes runner-up at Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters
Anirban Lahiri of India was the runner-up at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters as he finished one stroke behind the eventual champion Pariya Junhasavasdikul of Thailand.
Anirban Lahiri shot scores of 73, 68, 67 and 68 to end up with a total of eight-under-276 at the RM 1.2 million (approximately US$400,000) Asian Tour event played at the Seri Selangor Golf Club.
Lahiri, who was chasing his fourth Asian Tour win and his first outside of India, gave himself a good chance by getting to four under through 14 holes. A three-putt bogey on 15 proved costly before he agonizingly missed a good birdie chance on 18 from about 15 feet.
“I guess I have to wait a little longer for that win outside of India,” smiled Lahiri, who won the SAIL-SBI Open in India earlier this season. “I’m really happy with the way I played. On 18, I was not 100 per cent sure on the line. I thought it was pretty much straight, a double breaker. When I hit it, I thought I holed it. Maybe it ran out of speed and died left. These things are meant to be.
“Good for Pariya, I’m happy that he’s won. He’s been struggling over the last couple of years. He’s a good friend and frankly, if I wanted someone to win it apart from myself, it would be him.”
With Lahiri in the clubhouse on eight under after producing some sublime golf, Pariya was forced to get up and down for par on the last hole but he calmly rolled in his winning putt.
Abhinav Lohan had the next best finish among the Indians as he claimed tied 39th place with a total of six-over-290.
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