I need to sort out my iron play: Anirban Lahiri

Golfer to focus on recovery as he aims to make it to AugustaBENGALURU: Ace Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri's biggest strength is his ability to stay unruffled even in the worst of times and overcome obstacles with grit. Despite not being on top of his game in the last couple of years, Lahiri has come up with the goods to keep his PGA Tour card. On the eve of the Players Championship, the 34-yearold hoped that he wouldn't have to wait till the end of the season to pull it off (retain his card). He didn't have to. He uncorked magical stuff over five days in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, which nearly fetched him his maiden title.

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Ace Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri nearly ended his seven-year jinx on the PGA Tour, but fell a stroke short to finish second in the $20 million Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on Monday. Lahiri walked away with a pay cheque of $2. 18 million (Rs 16. 7 crore), the biggest of his

A day after his second-place finish, a stroke behind the winner in the $20 million event, which helped him climb to No. 89 in the world rankings, Lahiri spoke about his turnaround in a virtual chat with the media. Excerpts:You came into the tournament with three straight missed cuts and a T-74th place finish, what was the key to the turnaround?It came from finding the missing link. I have been hard at work with all departments of my game, including the mental and my processes. Those things have started to fall into place over the last few weeks. I had my iron play troubling me and definitely there was a big uptake. Having said that, over the last day-and-a-half, I thought about all those iron shots on the back nine that I didn't hit well from the fairway,