Kapur, Lahiri stage comeback on back nine at BMW PGA Round
BY Agencies22 May 2015 7:41 AM IST
Agencies22 May 2015 7:41 AM IST
Shiv Kapur and Anirban Lahiri fought back hard in the closing stages to finish their first round respectably as the Indians made a modest start to their campaign at the BMW PGA Championships.
Kapur was the only Indian under par at two-under 70 while Lahiri and Jeev Milkha Singh shot <g data-gr-id="18">even par</g> 72 and the fourth Indian in the field, SSP <g data-gr-id="17">Chawrasia</g> had a bumpy back nine as he ended at one-over 73. Kapur was tied 13th while Lahiri and Jeev were tied 34th and <g data-gr-id="19">Chawrasia</g> was tied 62nd.
World No. 1 and defending champion Rory McIlroy shot one-under 71 with four birdies and three bogeys.
Sweden’s Robert Karlsson (67) had two birdies in last three holes to take sole lead at five-under while evergreen Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jorge Campillo, Chris <g data-gr-id="24">Wood</g> and Korea’s Y.E.Yang were tied second with rounds of four-under 68 each. Also at four-under were Francesco Molinari and Marc Warren, but they had six and nine holes respectively to play. India’s <g data-gr-id="25">top ranked</g> star, Lahiri closed with a hat-trick of <g data-gr-id="22">birdies,</g> while Kapur fought his way back from a disastrous <g data-gr-id="26">triple bogey</g> on the back nine. After being two-under through 12, Kapur’s triple on 13th was a big setback. But the 32-year-old, still looking for his maiden European Tour title birdied the 14th, 16th and 17th for a brilliant fight back before closing with a par on a course that has two par-fives in succession on 17th and 18th.
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