World Cup of Golf:Bhullar, Lahiri on

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September 26, 2013. India’s ace golfers Gaganjeet Bhullar and Anirban Lahiri will keep the nation’s flag high at the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf 2013. The duo will represent India at World event scheduled to be held from November 21 – 24, 2013, at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.

 

 

Gaganjeet Bhullar, currently ranked 150 in the world, highest among Indian professionals, and Anirban Lahiri at 191st rank, will be making their debut at the World Cup.

 

 

Arjuna Award recipient, Gaganjeet Bhullar has delivered a couple of good finishes in 2013. The 25-year-old from Kapurthala was the runner-up at the European Tour’s Avantha Masters earlier this year. He also claimed tied eighth place at the European Challenge Tour’s Gujarat Kensville Challenge. Bhullar, a winner of five international events, is currently placed second on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and 105th on the European Tour’s Race to Dubai rankings.

 

 

[highlight] Bhullar and Lahiri were part of the Indian quartet that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Doha Asian Games [/highlight]

In-form Anirban Lahiri has enjoyed an excellent season on the Asian Tour in 2013. The 26-year-old Bangalore lad won the SAIL-SBI Open this year and followed that up with two more top-10 results including a runner-up finish at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters. Lahiri, a winner of three international titles, is currently in seventh position on the Asian Tour Order of Merit. Anirban also has two wins to his credit in the current PGTI season.

 

 

Incidentally, Bhullar and Lahiri were part of the Indian quartet that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Doha Asian Games.

 

 

Beginning in 2013, the World Cup of Golf becomes primarily an individual event with a team component. The 60-player field will be selected based on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) with up to two players per country allowed to qualify. The format will return to 72 holes of stroke play, with the individuals competing for $7 million of the $8 million total purse. OWGR points will be awarded for the first time. The top two-ranked players from each country will compete for the team portion using combined stroke play scores. The individual portion is similar to what will be used at the 2016 Olympics.

 

 

India so far had recorded its best performance at the World Cup in 2005 when the team comprising of Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal had finished a creditable ninth.

 

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