Melbourne: India\u2019s Anirban Lahiri was kicking himself after a sloppy finish as he settled for a one-under-par 70 in the second round of the
US$8 million ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf on Friday.<\/p>\n
The three-time Asian Tour winner was three under for his round before dropping bogeys on 16 and 17 at the treacherous Royal Melbourne Golf
Club as his two-day total of level par 142 saw him end the day in tied 15th place, eight shots behind leader Thomas Bjorn of Denmark.<\/p>\n
\u201cA little disappointed with how I finished with two bogeys in the end. I think I played better than my score,\u201d said Lahiri, who is making his
debut at the World Cup with countryman Gaganjeet Bhullar, who carded a 77.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty good all round. I think I played much better than yesterday. I hit it quite good starting out, made some putts but
didn\u2019t finish well. Even par is not a bad place to be going into the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
His second week at Royal Melbourne after last week\u2019s missed cut outing at the Australian Masters is proving to be a good learning curve for
one of Asia\u2019s young rising stars. He knows now that patience is everything at Royal Melbourne as he seeks to move up the leaderboard
over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you lose your concentration a little bit, the course can get you. I got a bit lucky on some holes. Couple of occasions today, I got
lucky. One foot either side, I would have made a bogey and I made a birdie once. Similarly when I was coming in, just a foot to the left
or right, I would have made par. So you win some and you miss some,\u201d said Lahiri, who carded four birdies against three bogeys.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of those courses where you have to keep grinding it out. If you\u2019re on a hot run, you want to keep the momentum. After last week,
I\u2019m quite happy with how I have played. I just like to finish the next two rounds under par. I\u2019ll be pretty happy,\u201d said Lahiri.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was talking to my caddie and telling him that if I\u2019ve not come last week, I would have definitely given two or three shots today and two
yesterday. It\u2019s made a big difference around the greens and knowing what you need to do. That\u2019s where the challenge is.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can stay in the red, I would have done well. It\u2019s just a matter of staying consistent out here,\u201d added the Indian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Melbourne: India\u2019s Anirban Lahiri was kicking himself after a sloppy finish as he settled for a one-under-par 70 in the second round of the
US$8 million ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf on Friday.<\/p>\n
The three-time Asian Tour winner was three under for his round before dropping bogeys on 16 and 17 at the treacherous Royal Melbourne Golf
Club as his two-day total of level par 142 saw him end the day in tied 15th place, eight shots behind leader Thomas Bjorn of Denmark.<\/p>\n
\u201cA little disappointed with how I finished with two bogeys in the end. I think I played better than my score,\u201d said Lahiri, who is making his
debut at the World Cup with countryman Gaganjeet Bhullar, who carded a 77.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty good all round. I think I played much better than yesterday. I hit it quite good starting out, made some putts but
didn\u2019t finish well. Even par is not a bad place to be going into the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
His second week at Royal Melbourne after last week\u2019s missed cut outing at the Australian Masters is proving to be a good learning curve for
one of Asia\u2019s young rising stars. He knows now that patience is everything at Royal Melbourne as he seeks to move up the leaderboard
over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n