DORAL (USA), March 5: Indian golfer 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 Championships.
Lahiri, who had three birdies � two of them in last three holes and one bogey, is still six shots behind the leader, Adam Scott, who is looking to make it two wins in two weeks. The Blue Monster, at the Trump National at Doral was somewhat more benign than it usually is with the wind not being as strong as it normally is but the layout continues to challenge the best pros in the world.
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. By the time he came to the green he had a 23-footer for par, which he missed. 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. � PTI
