GOLF
Lahiri battles chilly, moist and windy situations to rise to 3rd at Wells Fargo
India's Anirban Lahiri battled chilly, moist and windy situations to rise to the third place on the Wells Fargo Championship in Potomac, taking part in the third spherical of the golf occasion like a bruising and brutal boxing match.
The Indian ace, nonetheless on the lookout for a breakthrough win on the PGA Tour after seven years, shot a fair par 70, which regarded more likely to be a lot better until he got here to house stretch.
He had birdies on eighth and 9, missed one other on 10, however from twelfth to 18th he dropped three pictures whereas selecting up only one extra birdie on 14. But it was an amazing spherical contemplating the situations.
Lahiri was 5-under and tied third however 4 pictures behind Keegan Bradley, who for the second day operating had the low spherical of the day. His 3-under 67 was the perfect on a day when there have been simply 4 sub-par rounds within the 60s.
The others got here from Rory McIlroy (68) and Cameron Younger (69) who're 2-under and tied sixth and Nick Taylor (69), who's -1 and T-13.
Whereas Bradley led at 8-under 202, Max Homa (71) was 5-under and second, adopted by Lahiri and James Hahn (72) at 5-under. Bradley, a four-time PGA TOUR winner, has by no means gained after holding a 54-hole lead on the TOUR.
On one other brutal day with sweeping winds, chilly and rain, Lahiri in contrast his 70, which included three birdies and three bogeys, to a 12-round boxing match.
"It appears like I've simply gone 12 rounds in a professional boxing match," mentioned the 34-year-old Lahiri.
"You are preventing every part, you are preventing your physique, the weather, the water, the chilly, the situations. Yeah, it is powerful work and also you simply should grit your tooth and type of grind it out."
He sank successive birdie putts from 24 ft and 16 ft on the eighth and ninth gap respectively earlier than lacking an extended vary try from 70 ft on the tenth. He picked his third birdie of the day on 14 from eighth ft and dropped bogeys on gap Nos. 12, 15 and 18.
"Proper now I am a little bit upset I drove it actually poorly on the again 9, in order that's all I am enthusiastic about now, how do I hit extra fairways coming in, how do I preserve it within the quick stuff, as a result of even from the quick stuff it is laborious to evaluate it," he mentioned.
"And should you're within the tough, it is attending to the purpose the place it is only a hack-out as a result of there's simply a lot water that the golf equipment -- you'll have seen it, the membership's simply not getting by means of the grass in any respect.
"Persons are going to shoot some numbers on the market, so I feel so long as you make pars and giving your self seems to be at birdies, you are going to be in a good spot.
"I assume folks have quipped that I am a great participant in powerful situations or powerful golf programs or unhealthy climate, however I feel all these issues have the identical factor in widespread and it's a must to type of transfer on.
"You are going to hit some good pictures which can be going to finish up in unhealthy spots, however you simply have to maneuver on. I assume I benefit from the problem of simply accepting what is going on on and simply making an attempt to maneuver on and hit the following shot."
Coming into this week, Lahiri has performed 157 tournaments on the PGA Tour, and completed runner-up twice – as soon as on the 2017 Memorial Match and THE PLAYERS Championship in March. The latter earned him his profession's massive pay examine of USD 2.18 million on the TOUR's flagship event.
After his effort on the TPC Sawgrass, which was additionally performed underneath troublesome situations, Lahiri has posted two top-15s in his final three begins and moved to fifty fifth on the FedExCup standings and is eighty fifth in World Rankings.
In his third spherical, Lahiri will look to driving higher as he discovered solely 9 fairways throughout his third spherical however was delighted along with his iron play.
Defending champion and three-time Wells Fargo Championship winner McIlroy moved from T-50 to T-6 following a 2-under 68.
Midway chief Jason Day shot 79 and dropped from 10-under to 1-under and was now T-13.
Chinese language Taipei's C.T. Pan, and Korean duo Si Woo Kim and Ok.H. Lee carded matching 70s to share the thirteenth place on 1-under.
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Disappointing end for Indians as Korean Bio Kim wins Maekyung title
The Indian golfers on the forty first GS Caltex Maekyung Open ended their marketing campaign on a disappointing word after a robust presence on the chief board for the primary three days in Seongnam.
On Sunday, Viraj Madappa and Khalin Joshi, who have been mendacity tied fifth, and Honey Baisoya, who was tied seventh, crumbled and dropped down.
Native star Bio Kim (72) gained the title by two pictures over fellow Korean Mingyu Cho (70). There have been 13 Koreans within the Prime-15.
Madappa, who was tied fifth in a single day, had an early double bogey on second, additional bogeys on 9 and 10 and closed with two extra on 16 and 18. The three birdies in between simply didn't give him any room to make a run.
Joshi had 4 bogeys within the first seven holes, two extra at the beginning of the again 9 and an extra two extra on 16 and 18, whereas Honey Baisoya had 4 bogeys in first 5 holes and two on 16 and 18, identical to Madappa and Joshi.
In brief, it was mayhem and so they gave themselves no possibilities.
Madappa nonetheless managed to hold in for tied tenth, however it will need to have been an enormous disappointment after seeming to contend for the center two days. Baisoya completed tied nineteenth and Joshi was thirty third.
Karandeep Kochhar (71) was T-38, S Chikkarangappa ( 74) was T-43 as was Veer Ahlawat (74). Gaganjeet Bhullar (78) was T-68.
Because the native Korean contingent dominated the occasion Bio Kim lastly added one other vital trophy to his spectacular assortment of titles when he claimed the Maekyung Open. It was his first Asian Tour win.
A favorite coming into the week due to a purple patch that stretches again to the top of final 12 months, he carded a battling remaining spherical one-over-par 72 to win on nine-under by two from Korean Mingyu Cho, who shot a 70, on a day when organisers estimated 8,000 followers attended.
Korean Kyong Jun Moon, winner of this occasion in 2015, completed third after taking pictures a 67. Final season's Asian Tour Order of Advantage winner Joohyung Kim from Korea, closed with a 70 to finish in joint fifth place.
It's the second time Bio Kim has gained the event – which is likely one of the jewels within the crown of event golf in Korea, together with the Korea Open – though when he triumphed in 2012, it was not a part of the Asian Tour.
The 31-year-old Bio Kim mentioned, "It took all of me to win at present. Namseoul Nation Membership could be very troublesome, and a whole lot of good gamers have been chasing me.
"As I've been doing all week, and all 12 months, I attempted to remain within the current, clear my thoughts and never to consider issues an excessive amount of, like my four-shot lead on the again 9." He earned a cheque for USD 255,536.
Knowledgeable since 2009 he solely grew to become a member of the Asian Tour after graduating from the Qualifying College in 2020, the place he tied fifth, simply earlier than the pandemic hit.
He performed on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour early in his profession earlier than concentrating on competing in Korea, the place he has been victorious on seven events, together with this week.
The Asian Tour heads to Japan subsequent week for the Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup at Oarai Golf Membership, from Could 12-15.
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Tvesa finishes Forty ninth in Madrid Women Open
Indian golfer Tvesa Malik closed the week with a card that had 18 pars to complete T-Forty ninth on the Comunidad de Madrid Women Open.
Tvesa, who made the minimize on the road, had a complete of even par 72 and completed with a rating of 1-over 289 on the Jarama-RACE Golf Membership.
Tvesa, who now flies to Bangkok for subsequent week’s Aramco Collection’ first occasion of 2022 in Bangkok, had rounds of 73-71-73-72 for 289. She performed regular by means of the day for 18 pars, although she had some birdie possibilities too.
The opposite two Indian gamers, Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall, had earlier missed the minimize.
Promising Spaniard Ana Pelaez, who cracked nine-under 63 within the third spherical, had a 66 to complete at a document 23-under. She gained by six pictures over Linnea Strom of Sweden (64), who totalled 17-under.
4 gamers -- Pia Babnik (67), Manon De Roey (67), Gabriella Then (68) and Cayetana Fernandez (70) -- have been tied for third at 15-under.
Within the third spherical, Ana Pelaez, a 24-year-old from Malaga, shot a course-record nine-under-par 63 on shifting day. She took a 3 shot lead into the ultimate spherical.
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SQUASH
Abhay Singh wins his first PSA tour title
An unseeded Abhay Singh of India gained his first PSA tour title, defeating Robin Gadola of Switzerland, seeded 5, 11-6, 14-16, 9/11, 11-9, 16-14 within the males’s remaining of the Archi Manufacturing unit Open squash event right here on Saturday.
Abhay saved three matchpoints within the fifth and remaining recreation to triumph. - SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The 23-year-old Abhay had produced the largest upset of the Challenger 5 degree event, when he defeated top-seeded Ivan Perez of Spain in three straight video games within the second spherical.
-Ok Keerthivasan
HOCKEY
Karnataka, UP, Goa and HP win in Sr Ladies Nationwide Hockey C'ship
Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Himachal Pradesh registered victories of their respective pool matches on the third day of the twelfth Hockey India Senior Ladies Nationwide Championship right here on Sunday.
Within the first recreation of the day, Karnataka notched up a 3-0 win over Tamil Nadu in pool G with captain Pooja M D (third minute), Nisha P C (ninth) and Shaina Thangamma (fifteenth) scoring the targets.
Uttar Pradesh thrashed Delhi 7-0 within the second pool G match of the day. Shreya Singh (18th and twenty ninth) struck a brace whereas Sarita Devi (seventh), Sonal Tiwari (14th), Varsha Arya (fiftieth), Pallavi Kumari (53rd) and Vinamrata Yadav (58th) have been the opposite purpose getters.
Within the third pool G match of the day, Goa emerged 5-1 winners in opposition to Gujarat. Geeta Rathod (4th and eighth) and Veena Naik (fifth and thirty third) struck a brace every whereas Melissa Fernandes (twelfth) scored the opposite purpose for Goa.
Muskan Kureshi (twenty seventh) scored the comfort purpose for Gujarat.
In a pool H contest, Himachal Pradesh beat Kerala 3-1 whereas Arunachal Pradesh have been declared 5-0 winners after Andaman & Nicobar forfeited the match.
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TABLE TENNIS
South Asian Championships to start from Could 8
The South Asian Junior and Cadet desk tennis championship will start on the Maldives Youth Centre indoor corridor from Monday.
Apart from the host Maldives, India, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal are the groups participating within the three-day event.
The highest two from junior girls and boys crew occasions will qualify for the Asian junior and cadet championships.
Competitions shall be held in crew, singles and doubles occasions in junior and cadet classes respectively.
Indian crew: Junior boys: Payas, Jain, Yashansh Malik, Deepit Patil Rajesh, Ankur Bhattacharjee.Junior ladies: Swastika Ghosh, Saini Suhana, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Mini Nithya Sree.Cadet boys : Balamurugan Rajasekaran, Pradivadi Abhinandh, Priyanuj Bhattacharya. Cadet Ladies: Sandika Bhattacharjee, Jennifer Varghese, M Hansini.Coaches: Krunal Telang and Rinku Acharya. |
-Praveen Chandran
