Feb 8, 2014. Has Anirban Lahiri secured himself an invite to The Masters this year? With the win at the Malaysian Maybank Open, Lahiri has confirmed a place in the game’s top 50 and a potential Masters Tournament invite according to the European Tour among his rewards along with the €439,796 winner’s cheque.
“The Masters is definitely one of my targets. I don’t know how far I’ll move up, but I’m pretty confident now with this win I should have a pretty good chance,” said Lahiri.
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Of Saturday’s 62, he added: “In hindsight that was one of the most crucial rounds of my career and it’s fantastic when you play well at the right times.”
Lahiri is in his rookie season on The European Tour. He is the first rookie to win on The European Tour since Brooks Koepka (2014 Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Youth and Sports).
This victory comes in his sixth appearance in the Maybank Malaysian Open. The win beats his previous best performance in the Maybank Malaysian Open of tied tenth in 2014.
WITH THIS WIN
• His first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 39th European Tour event.
• Moves to 449,139 points in The Race to Dubai.
• Could move to just inside the top 40 of the Official World Golf Ranking, from 73rd.
• This victory beats his previous best European Tour performance of tied sixth in the 2014 Championship at Laguna National.
• This victory beats his previous best 2015 European Tour performance of tied 50th in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
• Becomes the third first-time winner of the 2015 season. They are: Andy Sullivan (South African Open Championship Hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni), Gary Stal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship) and Anirban Lahiri (Maybank Malaysian Open).
• Graduated from the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School. Is the first Qualifying School graduate to win the year after graduation since Fabrizio Zanotti (2014 BMW International Open).
• Becomes the second Indian Qualifying School graduate to win on The European Tour the year after graduation, after Arjun Atwal at the 2002 Singapore Masters.
• Is in his rookie season on The European Tour. Is the first rookie to win on The European Tour since Brooks Koepka (2014 Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Youth and Sports).
• Is the first rookie and first Qualifying School graduate to win the year after graduation since Marco Crespi (2014 NH Collection Open).
• Victory comes in his sixth appearance in the Maybank Malaysian Open.
• This victory beats his previous best performance in the Maybank Malaysian Open of tied tenth in 2014.
• Becomes the second Indian to win the Maybank Malaysian Open, following Arjun Atwal (2002 and 2008).
