Press Trust of India
Doral (USA), March 5: Anirban Lahiri turned in a second successive two-under 70 and jumped into the top 10 at tied ninth at the midway stage of the USD 9.5 million WGC Cadillac Golf Championships here Friday.
Lahiri, who had three birdies – two of them in the last three holes and one bogey, is still six shots behind leader, Adam Scott, who is looking to make it two wins in two weeks.
Lahiri hit solidly and putted well but was unable to hole them as he burnt the edges and stopped inches short at times.
For the second straight day, it was a shaky start with a bogey opening the proceedings. Lahiri got into problems by hitting his opening tee shot into the intermediate, from where he went into the left rough. But he got into his stride quickly and settled in well by finding the greens with great regularity even when he was not on the fairway.
“I played solid today (Friday) after a poor start,” said Lahiri. “I putted well, but found a lot of edges and didn’t really hole a lot of putts (for birdies). It was nice to finish strongly (two birdies in last three holes) and it is important to take that momentum into the weekend,” he added.
Meanwhile, Scott, second at Northern Trust Open two weeks ago and winner at Honda Classic last week, is back in the saddle at the midway stage here.
Scott’s six-under 66 got him to 10 under for the tournament and two clear of Rory McIlroy and defending champion Dustin Johnson. With three birdies in his last four holes Scott will definitely go into the weekend very confident.