Nick Price says Anirban Lahiri set to keep game & humour high

Captain of the Internationals at the Presidents Cup Nick Price called Anirban Lahiri the joker in the pack. “He brings a great sense of humour to the team,” Price told a news conference at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, venue for the 11th Presidents Cup, which is being hosted for the first time in Asia and begins on Thursday.

“It made me very proud” – Price on meeting @anirbangolf more than a year ago & Lahiri expressing his desire to compete for #TeamIntl

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“A lot of guys didn’t realise how funny he is but he has a really good sense of humour and he’s just so keen to get out there and play,” said Price, saying the world number 39 had already established himself as a firm team-room favourite.

Lahiri had expressed playing this team event to Price last year and Price kept that in mind even as he saw the Indian rise up the world rankings in a flawless fashion. Lahiri has won twice on the European Tour this year and finished fifth in the US PGA Championship.

“He expressed to me he really wanted to play on the President’s Cup, and that made me feel very proud.

“We met in Fiji last year, and I went up to him, because he had been progressing up the rankings,” said Price, adding he was immediately impressed by Lahiri’s determination and hunger to make the team.

all of us hope that maybe one day The President’s Cup will go to India

“You want guys out here who are wanting to play. So he’s really looked forward to that.

“I’ve seen him a little bit over the years, but I think it’s a huge bonus… for us to have an Indian for the first time on our team.

“We know how big golf has become in India, and all of us hope that maybe one day The President’s Cup will go to India.”