Anirban Lahiri
Name:
Anirban LahiriCountry:
IndiaBorn:
June 29, 1987 in Pune, Maharashtra, nr Mumbai (Bombay), India.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2007Presidents Cup player (2015, '17). Multiple wins on the Indian, Asian and European Tours.
After turning professional in 2007, Lahiri enjoyed considerable success on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he has won nine events and topped the Order of Merit in 2009. He joined the Asian Tour in 2008, and became a regular winner on the Tour from 2011. His win at the co-sanctioned 2015 Malaysian Open also counted as his maiden win on the European Tour.
Asia
Hero MotoCorp
Played as the Hero Indian Open (Feb 19-22; Asian/Eurpn Trs event). Lahiri (India) beat SSP Chawrasia (India) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. This was Lahiri's second win in the space of three weeks, and first in his national championship. [Delhi GC, New Delhi].
Awards
Asian Tr
Lahiri (India) won the Asian Tour 2015 Order of Merit, with earnings of US$1,139,084 on the Tour. Scott Hend (Aus) was second with $491,631; Andrew Dodt (Aus) was third with $434,473.
Awards
Asian Tr
Lahiri (India) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Asian Tour over a minimum of 40 rounds. Scott Hend (Au) was second with 69.68; Andrew Dodt (Aus) was third 70.13.
Asia
Maybank
Played as the Maybank Malaysian Open (Feb 5-8; Asian/Eurpn Trs event; next played in 2020). Second-placed Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) finished 1 shot behind first-time European Tour winner Lahiri (India). [West course, TPC Kuala Lumpur, KL, Malaysia; at the time known as Kuala Lumpur G&CC]. NOTE: The Malaysian Open (founded in 1962), was temporarily discontinued after 2015 until its return in 2020, in favour of a new event, the Malaysian Championship.
Awards
Asian Tr
Lahiri (India) won the Asian Tour Players' Player of the Year Award, based on the votes of his peers. Lahiri finished second on the Asian Tour 2014 Order of Merit, behind David Lipsky (USA).
Asia
CIMB
Played as the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters (April 24-27; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Baek Seuk-hyun (S Kor) and Cameron Smith (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Anirban Lahiri (India), who recorded his fourth Asian Tour win, and first outside India. [Royale Jakarta GC, Jakarta, Indonesia].
Asia
Venetian
Played as the Venetian Macau Open (Oct 23-26; Asian Tr event). Second-placed Prom Meesawat (Thai) and Scott Hend (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Lahiri (India). [Macau G&CC, Macau, China].
Awards
Asian Tr
Lahiri (India) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Asian Tour over a minimum of 40 rounds. Shiv Kapur (India) was second with 69.83; Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thai) was third 70.22.
Asia
SAIL-SBI
Played as the SAIL-SBI Open presented by Incredible India (March 6-9; Asian Tr event). Defending champion Lahiri (India) beat Rashid Khan (India) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Delhi GC, New Delhi, India].
Asia
SAIL-SBI
Played as the SAIL-SBI Open (Feb 22-25; Asian Tr event). Lahiri (India) beat Prom Meesawat (Thai) at the first playoff hole to claim his second Asian Tour win. [Delhi GC, New Delhi, India].
Asia
Panasonic
Played as the inaugural Panasonic Open India (April 6-9; Asian Tour event). 23-year-old Anirban Lahiri (India) beat Mardan Mamat (Sing) and Manav Jaini (India) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record his first Asian Tour win. [Delhi GC, New Delhi].
Women’s (British) Open: the last women’s major championship of the season is hosted by Royal Porthcawl GC. It’s the first time this fabulous seaside links course has hosted the event (July 31-Aug 3).
Walker Cup: the 50th playing of this prestigious men’s amateur event sees the GB&I go head-to-head against the defending USA team at Cypress Point Club, California (Sept 6-7). After that, all eyes turn to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, NY, where the American and defending European professional teams engage in the 45th Ryder Cup (Sept 27-29).
Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
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