Live Blog: Hero Indian Open 2015

Live Blog by Anand Datla from the Delhi Golf Club

February 22, 2015: We are right here in the middle of it all, bringing you all the live action from on the course at the Delhi Golf Club. Stay with us here and –

5 pm: Anirban Lahiri seals Hero Indian Open victory after a playoff with SSP Chawrasia, making it to the second position in Race to Dubai rankings.

4:40 pm: Game heads into a playoff with Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia

4:33 pm Lahiri makes par for the clubhouse lead at -7. SSP about to play his third shot into the par 5. Birdie to win, par = a play-off. #HIO2015

4:32 pm : Anirban chips to about 8-feet on 18 for par chance which he sinks. Ends the day on -7 #HIO2015

4:30 pm: A stroke of luck for Chawrasia as the ball bounces into semi-rough. This lucky break could win him the #HIO2015 title

4:15 pm Poor tee shot from Chawrasia on 18 as his ball lands in the jungle. Advantage to Anirban and Marcus Fraser now. #HIO2015

2:45 pm: Anirban Lahiri remains much in the leadermix as he is just two shots behind leadership SSP Chawrasia and Marcus Fraser. Can Lahiri grab this win? Currently India’s highest ranked golf, he has eight holes to make the lead

2:30 pm: SSP Chawrasia has posted a +3 for the round through ten holes. Wind factor keeping both him and Siddikur Rahman on the edge even as the very talented Anirban Lahiri is creeping up close just two shots behind.

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1245: Siddikur Rahman is your new leader at -10. Very steady today even as Chawrasia is facing some Sunday jitters. He has dropped three shots and trails the Bangladeshi by one. Lahiri is hot on their heels at -8. All happening here, in a real hurry.

1240: The race is on folks. Anirban Lahiri has lit up the final round, picking three early birdies to go -8. Chawrasia is complicating it for himself, bogey at three, double at the fourth to drop to -9. Guess who is in charge?

1200: Let us not forget Marcus Fraser, third on the leaderboard. He birdied the first hole and is now at 8-under, two behind Siddikur and four back from Chawrasia. They are all in the final group.

1145: Anirban Lahiri is making a big move here. He has birdied the first two holes, which means the pressure is on the leading group of Siddikur Rahman and SSP Chawrasia to try and respond quickly. Both men made par at the first hole.

1140: Jyoti Randhawa, Manav Jaini and Chiragh Kumar have all gained a shot today. They are nearly ready to make the turn. S Chikkarangappa is a couple of holes behind them, but has conceded an early bogey.

1135: Shiv Kapur is living through a nightmare right now. He is eight over today with four holes to go. He will want to forget this in a real hurry.

1130: The final round is in progress with all the golfers on the course, including SSP Chawrasia and Anirban Lahiri. Shubhankar Sharma is going to be among those that complete their rounds the earliest. He has gained two shots today to break par with six holes left to play.