India’s Anirban Lahiri birdied three of his last four holes to take a one-stroke lead as the third round of the storm-hit Players Championship turned dark on Sunday. Lahiri made six birdies against a lone bogey to reach 5-under through 11 holes at TPC Sagaras and finished at 9-under overall, one stroke ahead of Americans Tom Hoega and Harold Warner at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. I entered the shootout on Monday.
“I’m in this moment right now. I’m so happy. I believe it,” Lahiri said. “You keep grinding, you keep cutting, you keep working on your game, and when it clicks, it clicks.”
Strong winds delayed play on Saturday after two days of torrential rain, so some golfers must turn 27 holes on Monday to finish the tournament.
Lahiri, 34, is seeking the biggest title of his career after European Tour victories at the Malaysian and Indian Opens in 2015.
“It will definitely be a career highlight. It’s the next thing to win a major,” Lahiri said.
World No. 322 Lahiri sought his maiden US PGA title and the first by an Indian player since Arjun Atwal’s victory at Greensboro in 2010. He said it would mean a lot to his motherland as people can see it there.
Lahiri said, “It will be huge. Every shot going live makes a big difference because people get to see me play. Every week you don’t play well, but you play well in a week where people can actually see you.” Play, it makes a big difference.”
Warner wants his first US PGA title while Hoge captured his first only last month at Pebble Beach. Round three has nine holes left each.
Lahiri’s Cold Start
Lahiri’s day in the cold began in the second round and she made three bogeys in the second round in front of an eagle in the par-5 11th position.
“I am not used to playing in temps like this. I couldn’t feel anything in my fingers, my toes,” Lahiri said. “It felt like I had good swings but they came sideways and I missed some putts.
“It got a little warm and I got a grip on what I had to do on the greens. Making three on 11 gave me the momentum I needed to turn my day around.”
In the third round, Lahiri made an 11-foot birdie put on the first hole and tapped for a birdie in the par-5 second. He put in a 10-foot birdie put on the sixth, par-3 rolled into four feet on the eighth and a birdie putt on the par-5 ninth from within 25 feet.
Lahiri found the left tree from the 10th tee and made a bogey to start the back nine, but bounced back with a tap-in birdie on 11, making him the man to beat with nine opponents hiding three or less behind. Gone.
Lahiri said, “I think I am swinging well. I have to pull the right club, hit the right shots and just hit.
There are going to be a lot of fizzy shots, a lot of uncomfortable shots and I just have to commit.
“Some of the bad shots I made today were either a bad club I pulled or a shot I didn’t commit.”
England’s Paul Casey will be the second-oldest at 44, with American Sam Burns and Colombia’s Sebastian Munoz finishing fourth in nine holes through 7-under. He has gone 42 holes without a bogey.
“We started in the dark and reached home in the dark. But in between I played some really cool stuff,” Casey said. “I’ve got the pace.”
Ireland’s Shane Lowry entered the famous par-3 17th island hole with 124 yards in round three. It was the 10th ace in the hole, the first since Ryan Moore in the first round in 2019 and the Irishman’s second PGA Tour after one at the 2016 Masters.
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