{"id":291264,"date":"2025-04-27T00:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T00:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/anirban-lahiri-makes-a-good-start-on-weather-hit-first-day-in-wyndham\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T00:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T00:09:26","slug":"anirban-lahiri-makes-a-good-start-on-weather-hit-first-day-in-wyndham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/anirban-lahiri-makes-a-good-start-on-weather-hit-first-day-in-wyndham\/","title":{"rendered":"Anirban Lahiri makes a good start on weather-hit first day in Wyndham"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Returning to action after the Tokyo Olympics, Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri rode on some excellent approaches and had a couple of big putts to lie three-under through 16 holes in a weather-hit opening day of the Wyndham Championship.<\/p>\n

Starting off on the tenth for the last regular season event before the FedEx Cup Play-offs on the PGA Tour, Lahiri had five birdies against two bogeys when play was stopped due to darkness.<\/p>\n

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Lahiri still has two more holes to play on the morning of the second day at Sedgefield Country Club here.<\/p>\n

Russell Henley shot eight-under 62 for the lead as Korea\u2019s Sung Kang was among seven players at 64. The 34-year-old Kang fired his lowest round of the season with eight birdies and two bogeys on the card.<\/p>\n

Lahiri holed a superb 19-footer for his birdie on the 11th, his second hole of the day, but gave away a shot on 13th after going into the right rough.<\/p>\n

Back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 helped him get back to under par. On Par-3 16th, he got inside six feet and on Par-4 17th he hit his approach to two feet for a birdie.<\/p>\n

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A missed par putt from inside eight feet saw him drop a shot before he had back-to-back birdies yet again on fourth and fifth with two fine approaches inside three feet and seven feet. He has two Par-4s to play on eighth and ninth.<\/p>\n

Henley birdied three of his final four holes for a two-stroke lead as Sung Kang, Ted Potter Jr., Chris Kirkand, Hudson Swofford, Scott Piercy and Michael Thompson shared second.<\/p>\n

Adam Hadwin also was six-under, but had two holes left when darkness ended play.<\/p>\n

Kang needs a win in this week\u2019s final event of the Regular Season to qualify for the lucrative FedExCup Playoffs for a sixth straight year.<\/p>\n

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Countrymen KJ Choi, Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim, winner of the Wyndham Championship in 2016 \u2014 all carded 66s to share 19th place.<\/p>\n

Thailand\u2019s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who like Kang also needs a win to qualify for the Playoffs and, more importantly, keep his PGA TOUR card, also shared the 19th spot.<\/p>\n

He also needs a good result to be eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals starting next week, which is another opportunity to keep his playing privileges on TOUR.<\/p>\n

Chinese Taipei\u2019s C.T. Pan, who won a bronze medal in the Olympic Games, shot a 68 for T61 position.<\/p>\n

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Aditi, Tvesa endure tough day in Scottish Open<\/h3>\n

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Olympic-returned Indian golfer Aditi Ashok had a disappointing start at the Scottish Open as she carded a five-over 77 to lie T-129th after the opening round here.<\/p>\n

Fellow Indian Tvesa Malik too had a rough start on the first day, shooting a one-over 73 to lie at the 79th spot.
Local favourite Michele Thomson started in style with a seven-under 65, her season-best, for the lead.<\/p>\n

The Aberdeen player regrouped after a bogey on the first hole to card an eagle on No. 2 and went on to birdie seven of her final 11 holes of the tournament co-sanctioned by Ladies European and Ladies PGA Tours.<\/p>\n

Ashok, who was swamped by interviews on her arrival into Scotland after a superb 4th place at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, will need a great second round to make the cut, while Tvesa too will hope to produce a better show.<\/p>\n

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Tvesa, who came close to winning the Gant Ladies Open, had three birdies against four bogeys, while Aditi had seven bogeys against two birdies.<\/p>\n

Thompson, who is managed by former Open winner Paul Lawrie, is making only her 12th appearance in an LPGA Tour event since 2017. Her career-best finish is a tie for 48th at the 2018 ISPS Handa Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Two-time LPGA Tour winner Jasmine Suwannapura joins 2020 Tokyo Olympian Anne van Dam and major champion Yuka Saso in a tie for second at five-under.<\/p>\n

Suwannapura returned to the links and Scotland for the first time since her runner-up performance at the 2020 AIG Women\u2019s Open at Royal Troon.<\/p>\n

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The 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Lydia Ko is T24 at two-under, while defending champion Stacy Lewis sits in a tie for 35th heading into the second round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n