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\"JeevLytham St Annes, England: <\/strong>Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri made it a red-letter day for India at The Open Championship on Friday as they became the first two golfers from the sub-continent to qualify for the weekend rounds at the same Major.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Lahiri, a two-time Asian Tour winner, ensured himself a memorable maiden Open appearance with a battling two-over-par 72 which placed him on level par 140 at Royal Lytham and St Annes.<\/p>\n

American Brendt Snedeker holds the halfway lead on 130 but Lahiri is only a couple of shots outside the top-10.<\/p>\n

Jeev, winner of the Scottish Open last week, fired a 71 to lie on 141 and along the way celebrated his own milestone by completing his streak of making the cut in all the four Majors.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcellent,\u201d said Singh when told that Lahiri was also through to the weekend. \u201cFirst British Open for him and it\u2019s great that he\u2019s done well. First time we have two Indians in the weekend rounds. It speaks well that the Indians are doing well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very proud I\u2019ve made the cut at the Open. This is the only Major that I\u2019ve not made the cut. This is another feather in the cap. This one was missing and I\u2019ve done that too. It\u2019s a cut slam!\u201d<\/p>\n

Singh, a two-time Asian Tour number one, is not discounting a weekend charge after his play-off triumph in Scotland.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve got confidence in my game. You never know on links course. If the wind picks up, anything can happen. It\u2019ll give us a chance to make a run,\u201d said Jeev.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s rising star Lahiri was delighted to accompany Jeev into the history books for Indian golf. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy. I\u2019m really happy that I\u2019m playing in the weekend. If someone had said even par after two rounds, I would have taken it on Thursday morning. I hung in there. I had to make a few crucial putts and I stuck to my routine. I told myself to go out there and enjoy myself,\u201d said the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been very special. My dad has been walking with me and my manager is here. I can\u2019t ask for anything more. I\u2019m happy I put in a decent performance for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

After shooting only one of three bogey-free rounds on day one en route to a 68 on Thursday, Lahiri said he did not know what the leading score was as he wanted to focus solely on his mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we got home last night, dad opened up his laptop but I told him not to tell me what the scores were as I just wanted to keep doing my thing,\u201d said Lahiri, who practices meditation to help him concentrate. <\/p>\n

\u201cI told him you can read all you like but I want to stick to my game plan. I don\u2019t want to let what others are doing affect me, at least not until Saturday afternoon. I like to be in my own comfort zone, to be in my routine to do what I feel will help me play best. I\u2019ve been doing that and it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lahiri was especially proud with the way he handled the pressure, especially after he turned in two over with bogeys on five and nine.\u00a0 \u201cI didn\u2019t hit it as well as I would have liked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking about the cut line. After I made bogey on nine, I was really upset. I made some bad clubbing decision and I seemed to lose my concentration after that. On the par five 11, I hit it to the singular worse spot that you could. But I made a good 10 footer for par and that saved me from losing it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was on the verge of getting angry and I didn\u2019t get angry. That was very critical as on a course like this, if you lose your temperament you can lose it. I\u2019m glad I managed to keep myself calm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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