Anirban Lahiri. File pic
April 14: Anirban Lahiri will try to maintain the momentum when he tees up at the 54th RBC Heritage this week. Also in the field is Cameron Smith, who edged him out at the high profile PLAYERS Championship as a strong field that includes five of the top 10 players in the world has assembled at the event at Hilton Head in Harbour Town Links.
Lahiri, who is now 55th in FedExCUp standings and 83rd in the World Rankings is looking at solid results to ensure places in the remaining three Majors after missing out the 2022 Masters.
After a none-too-happy Fall season, Lahiri in 2022 missed four cuts in first six starts before he surged back at the PLAYERS with a runner-up finish and was then T-13 at Texas.
Lahiri plays with Jonathan Byrd and Scott Stallings and they start from the 10th tee late in the afternoon.
Some of the big names that have come from Augusta include Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Dustin Johnson and world No. 3 Collin Morikawa. Jordan Spieth heads to the RBC Heritage after his first career missed cut at the Augusta National.
Stewart Cink returns to defend his 2021 triumph, which marked his second TOUR victory of the season. Cink, going through a career resurgence last season is moving closer to age 50. He is back to defend his title.
Even as Lahiri is hoping to make a bid for a place on the International team for the Presidents Cup, there are other hopefuls like Joaquin Niemann and Abraham Ancer.
The field also includes Ryder Cup players Daniel Berger, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Ian Poulter and Shane Lowry and interestingly both the 2023 Ryder Cup captains will also be in the field, Zach Johnson for US and Europe’s Henrik Stenson.
The Harbour Town Golf Links is par 71, 7,121-yard Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus design and has hosted the RBC Heritage since the 1960s.
