Fit-again Anirban Lahiri returns to action

Back to full fitness after a niggling shoulder injury, Anirban Lahiri returns to action at the Porsche European golf Open in Bad Griesbach, Germany.

Lahiri, however, goes into the event without a practice round as the Beckenbauer course, which hosts the event at Bad Griesbach this week, was flooded and as a result the practice round and Pro-Am were cancelled.

The other Indian in the field is S.S.P. Chawrasia, who has been struggling with form having missed a series of cuts in recent starts.

The 28-year-old Lahiri, ranked 86th, is hoping to use the next four months to get to the elite zone and then make a fresh challenge in USA, where he has managed to hold his PGA Tour card for 2016-17.

His last appearance on European soil was the British Open.

“Yes, its been a long time, so I am looking forward to playing this week, because it will be a good test of my shoulder and overall recovery. Unfortunately the weather has forced us to play blind with the course being shut all week so far,” said Lahiri.

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