Anirban Lahiri

Anirban Lahiri
Personal information
Born (1987-06-29) 29 June 1987
Pune, India
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality  India
Residence Bangalore, India
Spouse
Ipsa Jamwal Lahiri (m. 2014)
Career
Turned professional 2007
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins 18
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Asian Tour 7
Other 12
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T42: 2016
U.S. Open CUT: 2015, 2016
The Open Championship T30: 2015
PGA Championship T5: 2015
Achievements and awards
Professional Golf Tour of India
Order of Merit winner		 2009
Asian Tour
Order of Merit		 2015

Anirban Lahiri (born 29 June 1987) is an Indian professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour, Asian Tour, and PGA Tour.

Early life

Lahiri learned to play golf at the age of eight from his father, Dr. Tushar Lahiri, a physician with the armed forces who was also a recreational golfer. "I would just go out there and I would go pick up golf balls for him, and we would go chip, putt for 15 minutes because it was getting dark," Lahiri remembers. "That's how it all started."[1]

Professional career

Lahiri joined the Asian Tour in 2008. He picked up his first victory in 2011 at the Panasonic Open and his second victory in 2012 at the SAIL-SBI Open. His best finish on the Order of Merit came in 2014 with his maiden overseas win on the Asian Tour - CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters which he later followed up with another one at the Venetian Macau Open . He finished 3rd on the Order of Merit in 2013.

Lahiri broke into the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in March 2014 following a consistent season which included two victories on the Asian Tour.

Lahiri has also had a lot of success on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he has won eleven events and the Order of Merit in 2009.

The big break came for him when qualified for his maiden major tournament – the 2012 Open Championship at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire. He made it a most memorable outing, first by making the cut (68-72) and then with a hole-in-one at the par-3 9th hole in the third round en route to a T31 finish.

In February 2015, Lahiri claimed his first official win on the European Tour at the Maybank Malaysian Open, with a one stroke victory over Bernd Wiesberger. He shot a 10-under-par round of 62 during the third round to position himself going into the final day and came from four shots behind to prevail by one shot. Later the same month, Lahiri won his second event on the European Tour in his home country of India, at the Hero Indian Open. He came from seven strokes behind in the final round to force a playoff with Shiv Chowrasia, which he won with a birdie on the first extra hole. The two wins shot Lahiri into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking qualifying him for the 2015 Masters Tournament. He was labelled as a "rookie to watch" and the "new face of Indian golf." He is the third Indian national to play in the Masters,[2] after Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal.[3] He made the cut at his first appearance and ended the tournament with scores of 71-75-74-72 on his four rounds, leaving him tied for 49th with Jason Dufner.[4]

In August 2015 at the PGA Championship which took place at Whistling Straits, Lahiri posted rounds of 70-67-70-68 for a score of −13. Despite a bogey at the 72nd hole, Lahiri finished in a tie for fifth place in the tournament and set a new record for the highest finish by an Indian professional golfer in a major.[5] The top five finish on Sunday capped a memorable week in Wisconsin for Lahiri, whose performance catapulted him to 38th in the world golf ranking.[6] He also won the PGA of America's pre-tournament long-drive contest on the Tuesday, hitting a 327-yard drive that won him a traditional gold money clip and a $25,000 charitable donation in his name. His performance set multiple records for an Indian golfer; he became the first Indian to shoot sub-par scores in all four rounds in a major, his total of 13-under was the best relative to par by an Indian at any major and his five-under 67 in the second round was also the best round by an Indian at any major.[7]

Lahiri was named to the 2015 Presidents Cup squad, the first player from India to earn the honor. Lahiri attempted to qualify for the PGA Tour through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals after earning enough non-member points to qualify. He was the highest-ranked player in the Finals, 40th at the start of the four-event tournament. Lahiri only played in the first two events, but earned enough for a PGA Tour card. He notched his first top-10 of the 2016 PGA Tour season with a T-6 finish at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational.

Lahiri also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a spot in the field of 60 players to compete at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro.

Personal

Lahiri is a resident of Bangalore, India. He is of Bengali descent, and he speaks Bengali but also speaks Punjabi in addition to English. "I'm really proud of the fact that I'm a more national Indian, so to speak—I’m equally comfortable with different languages, cultures, foods. I think that's one of the aspects of being an army kid. It is one thing that is common among almost every army brat. It’s almost like we are a culture of our own."[8] In May 2014, he married his long-time partner, Ipsa Jamwal. His personal interests include listening to music and computer gaming.[9]

Professional wins (18)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Feb 2015 Maybank Malaysian Open1 −16 (70-72-62-68=272) 1 stroke Austria Bernd Wiesberger
2 22 Feb 2015 Hero Indian Open1 −7 (73-65-70-69=277) Playoff India Shiv Chawrasia

1Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 Hero Indian Open India Shiv Chawrasia Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (7)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 9 Apr 2011 Panasonic Open −13 (65-71-68-71=275) Playoff India Manav Jaini, Singapore Mardan Mamat
2 25 Feb 2012 SAIL-SBI Open2 −14 (65-69-67-73=274) Playoff Thailand Prom Meesawat
3 9 Mar 2013 SAIL-SBI Open (2) −15 (71-68-66-68=273) Playoff India Rashid Khan
4 27 Apr 2014 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters −17 (70-69-64-68=271) 1 stroke South Korea Baek Seuk-hyun
5 26 Oct 2014 Venetian Macau Open −17 (61-73-67-66=267) 1 stroke Thailand Prom Meesawat, Australia Scott Hend
6 8 Feb 2015 Maybank Malaysian Open1 −16 (70-72-62-68=272) 1 stroke Austria Bernd Wiesberger
7 22 Feb 2015 Hero Indian Open1 −7 (73-65-70-69=277) Playoff India Shiv Chowrasia

1Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
2Co-sanctioned with the Professional Golf Tour of India

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (12)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
127 Sep 2009Haryana Open−10 (69-69-71-69=278)1 strokeIndia Chinnaswamy Muniyappa
28 Nov 2009BILT Open−20 (66-65-66-71= 268)7 strokesIndia Naman Dawar
314 May 2010PGTI Players Championship−24 (65-65-67-67=264)6 strokesIndia Shamim Khan
42 July 2010Aircel PGTI Players Championship−21 (65-68-67-67=267)6 strokesIndia Himmat Rai
530 Oct 2010BILT Open−11 (68-68-71-70=277)4 strokesIndia Amardip Singh Malik
611 Feb 2011Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge)−18 (68-65-65-64=270)8 strokesIndia Rashid Khan, India Jyoti Randhawa
72 Apr 2011Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula)−14 (72-65-70-67=274)2 strokesIndia Mukesh Kumar
825 Feb 2012SAIL-SBI Open−14 (65-69-67-73=274)PlayoffThailand Prom Meesawat
928 Jun 2013PGTI Players Championship−10 (71-67-68-72=278)PlayoffIndia Shamim Khan
105 Jul 2013PGTI Eagleburg Open−20 (73-62-64-69=268)5 strokesIndia S. Chikkarangappa
1129 Dec 2013McLeod Russel Tour Championship−17 (66-71-65-69=271)4 strokesIndia Rahil Gangjee
121 Feb 2014PGTI Ahmedabad Masters−14 (64-70-71-69=274)6 strokesIndia Rahil Gangjee

[10]

Results in major championships

Tournament 2012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament T49 T42
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship T31 CUT T30 T68 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT T5 CUT 75 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000022
U.S. Open00000020
The Open Championship00000063
PGA Championship00011152
Totals000111157
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2015 Open – 2016 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top 10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20142015201620172018
Mexico Championship T71 T28
Dell Technologies Match Play T34 T28
Bridgestone Invitational T53 T33 T6
HSBC Champions T28 T40
  Did not play
  Top 10

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Next Step for Anirban Lahiri, India's Top Golfer: U.S. Debut". The New York Times. 4 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Augusta Masters 2015: Five Rookies to Watch". NDTV Sports. 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "What does Lahiri do on an average day? Makes a cut at Masters!". The Tribune. 12 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Masters Leaderboard". Golfweek. 12 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Ballengee, Ryan (16 August 2015). "Anirban Lahiri notches best major finish by an Indian player". Yahoo Sports.
  6. ↑ "Anirban Lahiri". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Anirban Lahiri back in World's Top-40, certain for President's Cup". ZNews. 17 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri's Life Lessons". The Wall Street Journal. 15 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Anirban Lahiri profile". Asian Tour.
  10. ↑ "Anirban Lahiri profile". Professional Golf Tour of India.
  11. ↑ Asian Junior Golf Team Championship Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Briefs – India finish 12th
  13. ↑ Eisenhower Trophy (World Amateur Team Championship) Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Always aiming higher
  15. ↑ Nomura Cup (Asia Pacific Amateur Team Golf Championship) Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
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