Anirban Lahiri

Indian professional golfer

Anirban Lahiri

Lahiri at the Alstom Open de France in 2015

Personal information
Nickname| Baan
Born|  (1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 38)
Pune, India
Height| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality|  India
Residence| Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Spouse|

Ipsa Jamwal Lahiri

(m. 2014)​

Children| 2
Career
Turned professional| 2007
Current tour(s)| Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Former tour(s)| PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins| 18
Highest ranking| 33 (29 March 2015)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour| 2
Asian Tour| 7 (Tied 9th all time)
Other| 12
Best results in major championships

Masters Tournament| T42: 2016
PGA Championship| T5: 2015
U.S. Open| CUT: 2015, 2016, 2019
The Open Championship| T30: 2015
Achievements and awards
| Professional Golf Tour of India
Order of Merit winner| 2009

|

Asian Tour
Players' Player of the Year| 2014, 2015
Asian Tour
Order of Merit winner| 2015

Medal record

Asian Games
| 2006 Doha | Men's team

Anirban Lahiri (Bengali: অনির্বাণ লাহিড়ী; born 29 June 1987) is an Indian professional golfer. He has played on the Asian Tour, European Tour, PGA Tour and LIV Golf. He was awarded the 2014 Arjuna Award[2][3] and was also the recipient of the "Sera Bangali" award in 2015, given by the Anandabazar Patrika.[4]

## Early life

[edit]

Lahiri hails from a Bengali family. He learned to play golf at the age of eight from his father, Dr. Tushar Lahiri, who was a physician with the armed forces and a recreational golfer.[5]

## Professional career

[edit]

Lahiri joined the Asian Tour in 2008. He picked up his first victory in 2011 at the Panasonic Open and his second victory in 2012 at the SAIL-SBI Open. His best finish on the Order of Merit came in 2014 with his maiden overseas win on the Asian Tour - CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters which he later followed up with another one at the Venetian Macau Open. He finished 3rd on the Order of Merit in 2013.

Lahiri broke into the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in March 2014 following a consistent season which included two victories on the Asian Tour.

Lahiri has also had a lot of success on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he has won eleven events and the Order of Merit in 2009.[6]

The big break came for him when qualified for his maiden major tournament – the 2012 Open Championship at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire. He made it a most memorable outing, first by making the cut (68-72) and then with a hole-in-one at the par-3 9th hole in the third round en route to a T31 finish.

In February 2015, Lahiri claimed his first official win on the European Tour at the Maybank Malaysian Open, with a one stroke victory over Bernd Wiesberger. He shot a 10-under-par round of 62 during the third round to position himself going into the final day and came from four shots behind to prevail by one shot. Later the same month, Lahiri won his second event on the European Tour in his home country of India, at the Hero Indian Open. He came from seven strokes behind in the final round to force a playoff with Shiv Chawrasia, which he won with a birdie on the first extra hole. The two wins shot Lahiri into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking qualifying him for the 2015 Masters Tournament. He was labelled as a "rookie to watch" and the "new face of Indian golf." He is the third Indian national to play in the Masters,[7] after Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal.[8] He made the cut at his first appearance and ended the tournament with scores of 71-75-74-72 on his four rounds, leaving him tied for 49th with Jason Dufner.[9]

In August 2015 at the PGA Championship which took place at Whistling Straits, Lahiri posted rounds of 70-67-70-68 for a score of −13. Despite a bogey at the 72nd hole, Lahiri finished in a tie for fifth place in the tournament and set a new record for the highest finish by an Indian professional golfer in a major.[10] The top five finish on Sunday capped a memorable week in Wisconsin for Lahiri, whose performance catapulted him to 38th in the world golf ranking.[11] He also won the PGA of America's pre-tournament long-drive contest on the Tuesday, hitting a 327-yard drive that won him a traditional gold money clip and a $25,000 charitable donation in his name. His performance set multiple records for an Indian golfer; he became the first Indian to shoot sub-par scores in all four rounds in a major, his total of 13-under was the best relative to par by an Indian at any major and his five-under 67 in the second round was also the best round by an Indian at any major.[12]

Lahiri was named to the 2015 Presidents Cup squad, the first player from India to earn the honor. Lahiri attempted to qualify for the PGA Tour through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals after earning enough non-member points to qualify. He was the highest-ranked player in the Finals, 40th at the start of the four-event tournament. Lahiri only played in the first two events, but earned enough for a PGA Tour card. He notched his first top-10 of the 2016 PGA Tour season with a T-6 finish at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational.

Lahiri also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a spot in the field of 60 players to compete at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro. He also led for the first time after 54 holes in a PGA Tour event during the CIMB Classic in 2017, finishing T-3. He would go on to achieve his best PGA Tour finish of T-2 at the 2017 Memorial Tournament. Lahiri was once again named in the 2017 Presidents Cup team. Lahiri finished the 2017 PGA Tour season finishing a career high 51st in the FedEx Cup standings. In the 2018 PGA Tour season, Lahiri shot his lowest round on the PGA Tour, a 61 at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier.[13] His best finish was a T-5 at the CJ Cup in the 2018 PGA Tour season. Anirban struggled in the 2019 season and ended up losing his PGA Tour card by finishing outside the top 125 of the FedEx Cup. He gained his PGA Tour card back for the 2020 season through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals by finishing 10th in the overall standing.[14] Lahiri struggled on the 2020 PGA Tour and finished 219th in the FedEx Cup standings, playing less than 15 events in large part due to being unable travel back to the United States and being stuck in India due to the country lockdown as a result of the pandemic.[13] Lahiri managed to hold on to his PGA Tour card due to circumstances related to the pandemic which resulted in postponement and cancellation of events, players who were on the PGA Tour for the 2020 season maintained guaranteed status for the 2021 season.[15] He finished 118th in the FedEx Cup for the 2021 season retaining his card for the 2022 PGA Tour season with a highest finish of T3 at the Barbasol Championship.[16]

In March 2022, Lahiri finished second at The Players Championship by one stroke to Cameron Smith. The Players is held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It has one of the strongest fields of the year and has the richest purse of any tournament. By finishing second, Lahiri won $2,180,000, more than he ever won in a full PGA Tour season prior to this tournament.[17]

### LIV Golf

[edit]

Anirban Lahiri looks on at the first tee box at the LIV Golf Invitational Boston at The International Golf Club in Bolton, MA.

In August 2022, it was announced that Lahiri had joined LIV Golf.[18] At his first LIV Golf tournament, Lahiri finished in a three-way tie for first place at the LIV Golf Invitational Boston with Dustin Johnson and Joaquín Niemann. Lahiri lost the playoff to Johnson to finish second, earning $1,812,500 in the process. Lahiri went on to finish runner-up twice in the 2023 LIV Golf season ending up 13th in the player standing for the season. He also finished runner-up in the 2024 season at LIV Golf Andalucía. Leading the tournament on the final hole of regulation play, he missed a two-foot putt to win the tournament. Eventually losing a playoff to Sergio García on the second extra hole. Lahiri was subsequently omitted from the Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics in 2024.

## Personal life

[edit]

Lahiri is a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.[19] He is of Bengali descent and speaks Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi in addition to English.[20] In May 2014, he married his long-time partner, Ipsa Jamwal. His personal interests include listening to music and computer gaming.[21]

## Professional wins (18)

[edit]

### European Tour wins (2)

[edit]

No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | Margin of
victory  | Runner-up

|
|
|
|
|

1  | 8 Feb 2015 | Maybank Malaysian Open1 | −16 (70-72-62-68=272)  | 1 stroke  |  Bernd Wiesberger
2  | 22 Feb 2015  | Hero Indian Open1 | −7 (73-65-70-69=277)  | Playoff  |  Shiv Chawrasia

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result

|
|
|
|

1  | 2015 | Hero Indian Open |  Shiv Chawrasia | Won with birdie on first extra hole

### Asian Tour wins (7)

[edit]

No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | Margin of
victory  | Runner(s)-up

|
|
|
|
|

1  | 9 Apr 2011 | Panasonic Open (India)1 | −13 (65-71-68-71=275)  | Playoff  |  Manav Jaini,  Mardan Mamat
2  | 25 Feb 2012 | SAIL-SBI Open1 | −14 (65-69-67-73=274)  | Playoff  |  Prom Meesawat
3  | 9 Mar 2013 | SAIL-SBI Open1 (2)  | −15 (71-68-66-68=273)  | Playoff  |  Rashid Khan
4  | 27 Apr 2014 | CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters | −17 (70-69-64-68=271)  | 1 stroke  |  Baek Seuk-hyun,  Cameron Smith
5  | 26 Oct 2014  | Venetian Macau Open | −17 (61-73-67-66=267)  | 1 stroke  |  Scott Hend,  Prom Meesawat
6  | 8 Feb 2015 | Maybank Malaysian Open2 | −16 (70-72-62-68=272)  | 1 stroke  |  Bernd Wiesberger
7  | 22 Feb 2015  | Hero Indian Open2 | −7 (73-65-70-69=277)  | Playoff  |  Shiv Chawrasia

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
2Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (4–1)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result

|
|
|
|

1  | 2011 | Panasonic Open (India) |  Manav Jaini,  Mardan Mamat | Won with birdie on first extra hole
2  | 2012 | SAIL-SBI Open |  Prom Meesawat | Won after concession on first extra hole
3  | 2013 | SAIL-SBI Open |  Rashid Khan | Won with birdie on first extra hole
4  | 2015 | Hero Indian Open |  Shiv Chawrasia | Won with birdie on first extra hole
5  | 2016 | Venetian Macao Open |  Pavit Tangkamolprasert | Lost to birdie on first extra hole

### Professional Golf Tour of India wins (14)

[edit]

No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up

|
|
|
|
|

1 | 27 Sep 2009 | Haryana Open | −10 (69-69-71-69=278) | 1 stroke |  Chinnaswamy Muniyappa
2 | 8 Nov 2009 | BILT Open | −20 (66-65-66-71= 268) | 7 strokes |  Naman Dawar
3 | 14 May 2010 | PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) | −24 (65-65-67-67=264) | 6 strokes |  Shamim Khan
4 | 2 Jul 2010 | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) | −21 (65-68-67-67=267) | 6 strokes |  Himmat Rai
5 | 30 Oct 2010 | BILT Open | −11 (68-68-71-70=277) | 4 strokes |  Amardeep Malik
6 | 11 Feb 2011 | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) | −18 (68-65-65-64=270) | 8 strokes |  Rashid Khan,  Jyoti Randhawa
7 | 2 Apr 2011 | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) | −14 (72-65-70-67=274) | 2 strokes |  Mukesh Kumar
8  | 9 Apr 2011  | Panasonic Open (India)1 | −13 (65-71-68-71=275)  | Playoff  |  Manav Jaini,  Mardan Mamat
9 | 25 Feb 2012 | SAIL-SBI Open1 | −14 (65-69-67-73=274) | Playoff |  Prom Meesawat
10  | 9 Mar 2013 | SAIL-SBI Open1 (2)  | −15 (71-68-66-68=273)  | Playoff  |  Rashid Khan
11 | 28 Jun 2013 | PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) | −10 (71-67-68-72=278) | Playoff |  Shamim Khan
12 | 5 Jul 2013 | Eagleburg Open | −20 (73-62-64-69=268) | 5 strokes |  S. Chikkarangappa
13 | 29 Dec 2013 | McLeod Russel Tour Championship | −17 (66-71-65-69=271) | 4 strokes |  Rahil Gangjee
14 | 1 Feb 2014 | Ahmedabad Masters | −14 (64-70-71-69=274) | 6 strokes |  Rahil Gangjee

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

## Playoff record

[edit]

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–2)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result

|
|
|
|

1  | 2022 | LIV Golf Boston |  Dustin Johnson,  Joaquín Niemann | Johnson won with eagle on first extra hole
2  | 2024 | LIV Golf Andalucía |  Sergio García | Lost to par on second extra hole

## Results in major championships

[edit]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament  | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Masters Tournament |  |  |  | T49  | T42  |  |
U.S. Open |  |  |  | CUT  | CUT  |  |
The Open Championship | T31  |  | CUT  | T30  | T68  | CUT  | CUT
PGA Championship |  |  | CUT  | T5  | CUT  | 75  | CUT
Tournament  | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

|
|
|
|
|

Masters Tournament |  |  |  |  |
PGA Championship |  |  |  | CUT  | CUT
U.S. Open | CUT  |  |  |  |
The Open Championship |  | NT  |  |  |

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

### Summary

[edit]

Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7

* Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2015 Open – 2016 Masters)
* Longest streak of top 10s – 1

## Results in The Players Championship

[edit]

Tournament  | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

The Players Championship | CUT  |  | CUT  | CUT  | T74  | C  | CUT  | 2

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

## Results in World Golf Championships

[edit]

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018

|
|
|
|
|

Championship |  | T71  | T28  |  |
Match Play |  | T34  | T28  |  |
Invitational |  | T53  | T33  |  | T6
Champions | T28  | T40  |  |  |

Top 10

Did not play

"T" = Tied

## Team appearances

[edit]

Amateur

* Asian Junior Golf Team Championship: 2005 (Team Gold Medal)[22]
* World Junior Golf Team Championship: 2005[23]
* Eisenhower Trophy: 2006[24]
* Doha Asian Games: 2006[25]
* Nomura Cup: 2007[26]

Professional

* World Cup (representing India): 2013, 2018
* EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2014, 2016, 2018
* Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2015, 2017

## See also

[edit]

* 2014 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
* 2015 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
* 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
* List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Week 13 2015 Ending 29 Mar 2015" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
2. ^ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
3. ^ "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. ^ "ABP Ananda recognises Bengali achievers with Sera Bangali Awards". bestmediainfo.com. Delhi. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
5. ^ "Next Step for Anirban Lahiri, India's Top Golfer: U.S. Debut". The New York Times. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
6. ^ "Anirban Lahiri profile". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
7. ^ "Augusta Masters 2015: Five Rookies to Watch". NDTV Sports. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
8. ^ "What does Lahiri do on an average day? Makes a cut at Masters!". The Tribune. 12 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
9. ^ "The Masters Leaderboard". Golfweek. 12 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
10. ^ Ballengee, Ryan (16 August 2015). "Anirban Lahiri notches best major finish by an Indian player". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
11. ^ "Anirban Lahiri". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
12. ^ "Anirban Lahiri back in World's Top-40, certain for President's Cup". ZNews. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
13. ^ a b "Anirban Lahiri – Profile". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
14. ^ "KFT Finals (Excludes Top 25)". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
15. ^ "Eligibility adjustments made for 2020-21 PGA Tour season". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
16. ^ "FedExCup – Official Standings – 2021". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
17. ^ Hoggard, Rex (14 March 2022). "Second (or third) doesn't always suck: For Anirban Lahiri, Paul Casey, there is solace". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
18. ^ Schlabach, Mark (30 August 2022). "Open champion Cameron Smith, five others leave PGA Tour for LIV Golf". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
19. ^ Smits, Garry (13 March 2022). "India's Anirban Lahiri charges late to grab Players Championship lead over Harold Varner, Tom Hoge". jacksonville.com. Florida, United States: The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
20. ^ "Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri's Life Lessons". The Wall Street Journal. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
21. ^ "Anirban Lahiri profile". Asian Tour. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
22. ^ Asian Junior Golf Team Championship Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
23. ^ "Briefs – India finish 12th". Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
24. ^ Eisenhower Trophy (World Amateur Team Championship) Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
25. ^ Always aiming higher
26. ^ Nomura Cup (Asia Pacific Amateur Team Golf Championship) Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

[edit]

* Official website
* Anirban Lahiri at the Asian Tour official site
* Anirban Lahiri at the European Tour official site
* Anirban Lahiri at the PGA Tour official site
* Anirban Lahiri at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
* Profile on the Professional Golf Tour of India's official site

Anirban Lahiri in the Presidents Cup

* v
* t
* e

International Presidents Cup team – 2015

* Bae Sang-moon
* Steven Bowditch
* Jason Day
* Branden Grace
* Thongchai Jaidee
* Anirban Lahiri
* Danny Lee
* Marc Leishman
* Hideki Matsuyama
* Louis Oosthuizen
* Charl Schwartzel
* Adam Scott

* Nick Price (non-playing captain)

Lost: 15.5 – 14.5

* v
* t
* e

International Presidents Cup team – 2017

* Jason Day
* Branden Grace
* Emiliano Grillo
* Adam Hadwin
* Kim Si-woo
* Anirban Lahiri
* Marc Leishman
* Hideki Matsuyama
* Louis Oosthuizen
* Charl Schwartzel
* Adam Scott
* Jhonattan Vegas

* Nick Price (non-playing captain)

Lost: 19 – 11
*[m.]: married
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template