December 13, 2013. It was Anirban Lahiri’s turn to make it big on the second day at Thailand Golf Championship. A three-time winner on the Asian Tour carded a magnificent nine-under-66 to be tied joint third.
Meanwhile, the Spaniard Sergio Garcia fired a brilliant hole-in-one en route to a sparkling seven-under-par 65 to grab the early clubhouse lead .at the star-studded Thailand Golf Championship on Friday. Justin Rose caught up with Garcia after finishing Friday’s round with 68 to share joint lead at the star-studded Thailand Golf Championship.
Lahiri started his round in flying fashion when he holed out a greenside bunker shot for an eagle on 11 before hitting six more birdies to stay hot on Garcia’s heels. He also credited his putter, needing only 25 putts on the Amata Spring slick greens, for his rise up the leaderboard to be placed along with first round leader Alex Chejka and French Alaxender Levy.
[highlight] I think I’ve played some of my best golf, consistency wise, but in terms of finishing off tournaments it has not been great [/highlight]
“it was a great day. Holed my bunker shot on 11 and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the day, just kept it really positive,” said the 26-year-old Indian.
“I was quite disappointed after yesterday’s round because I felt like I played a lot better than I scored. I haven’t really had a round or a series of rounds where I’ve really putted brilliantly, and I think today was one of those rounds where I really felt like I could hole anything and everything.”
A return to the magnificent Amata Spring course also brings back good memories for Lahiri as he qualified for his first Major through the British Open International Final Qualifying here in early 2012.
“I felt like I’ve been knocking on the door now for so many events, especially these last three or four months. I think I’ve played some of my best golf, consistency wise, but in terms of finishing off tournaments it has not been great. I’ve been in the top 10, top five, second place, but I haven’t quite won and I think for me I’m playing well enough to win, even against a quality field like this. I think I am playing well enough to win. Even though I have played well, I have not played my ‘A’ game consistently. If I can keep that up this week, I think that can change.”
India’s Sujjan Singh shot a second round 69 to be tied 7th. While, Gaganjeet Bhullar could not hold on to his opening day’s fourth position to finish 12th after posting 73 on Friday. Seasoned Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa could manage to remain above projected cut .
