LIV Golf: Lahiri cracks top-10 in Jeddah
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Anirban Lahiri shot 67-66-69 (8-under 208) to finish tied for 10th at the US$ 25mn LIV Golf Jeddah event, which marked the tour’s first visit to the home of its backers – Saudi Arabia.
Lahiri’s team, the Crushers GC captained by Bryson DeChambeau and featuring teammates Paul Casey and Charles Howell III, finished tied for 3rd at 26-under par.
The LIV Golf Jeddah event was won by four-time major champion Brooks Koepka in a three-hole playoff against his Smashers GC teammate Peter Uihlein. The 32-year-old Koepka shot 62-67-69 (12-under 204) and Uihlein 65-63-70 (12-under 204) to finished tied atop the leaderboard at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.
Both players birdied the first two playoff holes but on the third extra hole Uihlein found water with his shot from a greenside bunker that rolled over the green. Koepka calmly made another birdie to seal the title, cashing in US$ 4mn in prize money for the individual title and US$ 750,000 for the team event.
The LIV Tour heads back to the United States for its final event of the season, the Team Championship from Oct. 27-30 at Trump National Doral in Miami.
LET – Aditi, Tvesa in New York
Tvesa Malik on Hole No.2 at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, New York
The Indian duo of Tvesa Malik and Aditi Ashok finished 48th and 58th respectively at the US$ 500,000 Aramco Team Series New York at Trump Golf Links.
Tvesa shot 76-73-72 (5-over 221) and Aditi Ashok 74-74-75 (7-over 223).
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The tournament was won by Lexi Thompson of the USA, who shot 71-65-69 (11-under 205), for a three-shot win over Brooke Henderson of Canada and Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden, who tied for second at 8-under 208.
The two girls will now head to India for the US$400,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open on the Ladies European Tour this week at DLF Golf & CC marking Ashok’s first appearance at the event since 2017.
In 2016, Ashok shot 72-69-72 (3-under 213) in the Hero Indian Open to win her first LET title and two weeks later won the Qatar Ladies Open to end the season at second place on the 2016 LET Rankings. In December the same year earned her LPGA playing rights and has played in USA every year since 2017.
European Tour: Shubhankar misses in Spain
Shubhankar Sharma’s season has only 4 events left for the season
Shubhankar Sharma shot 78-74 to miss the cut at the famous Club Valderrama in Spain as he has struggled to find form in the latter half of the year after a very promising start to the 2022 season.
Sharma is currently at 47th on the DP World Tour Rankings, where the top-50 players are guaranteed a spot in the season ending DP World Tour championship in Dubai and has three more events to ensure his spot at the lucrative event is secured.
Sharma has had some trouble with the driver and is trying out a new club this week. The green speeds at Valderrama were at 12.5 making it all the more challenging.
The event was won by Spain’s Adrian Otaegui, one of the European players who has chosen to Play with LIV GOLF and who posted a four-round total of 19-under 265 to win by a huge margin of six shots from Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren, who finished on 13-under.
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