Anirban Lahiri shot a two-under par round of 70 in the first round to remain tied 44th with Jordan Spieth in the Memorial Golf Championship at the Muirfield Village.
Anirban Lahiri shot a two-under par round of 70 in the first round to remain tied 44th with Jordan Spieth in the Memorial Golf Championship at the Muirfield Village.
The 28-year-old Indian ace was disappointed with the score, but not his performance.
Starting from the 10th, Lahiri had four birdies and two bogeys, on the ninth and 18th holes, but more importantly he missed a bunch of short birdie putts.
Lahiri birdied the 12th, 14th, fifth and seventh and dropped bogeys on 18th and ninth. Lahiri missed three putts inside eight and a half feet and two of them were on par-fives.
At the top, Dustin Johnson blitsed the course with 10 birdies and finished with an eight-under 64, while the ‘Top 3’ in the world had mixed results.
World no. 1 Jason Day opened with a 66, while no. 2 Jordan Spieth shot 70 and Rory McIlroy had a 71. Johnson’s 64 gave him a one shot lead over Brendan Steele (65) and there were five players, including Day and Matt Kuchar at 66.
Kapur makes cut Meanwhile in Stockholm, Shiv Kapur made a move up the leaderboard in the second round after being in the dumps at the end of the opening round of the Nordea Masters on the European Tour on Friday.
The 34-year-old had six birdies against two bogeys in his card of four-under 68.
Matthew Fitzpatrick signaled his fine form with a stunning round of 65 that gave him a 36-hole total of 11-under 133.
