Anirban Lahiri T55 at Wentworth

Anirban Lahiri shot 73 in the final round to finish T55 at the BMW PGA Championship

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Report by Anand Datla

 

May 24, 2015: There was to be no fairytale ending for either Anirban Lahiri or Jeev Milkha Singh at the Wentworth Club in Surrey. The two Indian men finished T55 and T51 (positions could change, considering the event was still in play at the time of this report) at the BMW PGA Championship. Singh shot two over 74 and Lahiri made a 73 in the final round, but both men can leave England knowing that they played some quality golf this week. It just wasn’t enough to leave a mark amidst a quality field of international golfers.

 

Korean Byeong Hun An was in a one shot lead at 17 under through 11 holes on the final day. Thai golfer Thongchai Jaidee was at 16-under, with Miguel Angel Jimenez a further three shots behind with six to play. Chris Wood (-12 through 14) won himself a swanky new BMW i8 with a hole in one at the 14th hole.

 

With Jeev nudging himself inside the top 40 on Saturday there was a whiff of hope for the Indian fans. But then three bogeys in the first four holes saw the 43 year old from Chandigarh working against the wind for the rest of the final round.

 

Jeev seemed to correct his drift when he recovered a birdie at the second hole to get even for the round, but surrendered two shots in a row on the next two holes.

 

Another birdie came at the 7th hole, but the ninth troubled Jeev this entire week. For a third time in four days, he made a five to make the turn in 37 shots, two more than the number on the course design.

 

Singh started the back nine with a birdie and finished with another at the 18th, but along the way he also surrendered shots at the 12th and 15th to sign off with his highest score this week.

 

Even then, Jeev, who has struggled to survive the full weekend in recent times will take plenty of positives from his 72-72-70-74 effort this week.

 

Lahiri on the other hand has been playing rather well in recent weeks. And having sailed across the Atlantic for the event, he might tend to ignore the disappointment. The fact that Rory McIlroy made a 78 in the second round here to miss the cut underlined how difficult it was to transition from America and find a good performance.

 

The 41st ranked Indian made three bogeys and two birdies in his final round to finish right behind his compatriot.

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