Lahiri wins Eagleburg Open

Anirban Lahiri posted a determined three-under-69 in the final round to record an emphatic five-stroke victory at the PGTI Eagleburg Open at his home course, the Eagleton Golf Resort, near South Indian city of Bangalore.Lahiri totaled 20-under-268 for the tournament. Chikkarangappa S, another local lad from Eagleton, fired a 68 in the final round to finish runner-up with a total score of 15-under-273. 

Lahiri (73-62-64-69), had an eventful start to the day. He birdied the first from 25 feet, dropped bogeys on the next two holes and came back with a birdie on the fourth where he found the par-5 green in two shots. The crowd favourite then consolidated his position with birdies on the sixth, ninth and 10th. Lahiri holed a 15-footer on the ninth and chipped it from the bunker within three feet of the pin on the 10th.The 26-year-old converted a 25-footer for his final birdie of the day on the 17th. 

‘It’s great to win at my home course at last. I started well today but then a bad lie on the second and a wrong club selection on the third tee led to bogeys. ‘I came back well thereafter but got a little complacent in the early stages of the back-nine.’