Dublin, Ohio, US, June 1: Anirban Lahiri will tee off rather early in the morning at the 2022 the Memorial Tournament, an event where five years ago he was Tied-second after a stunning 65 in the final round in an edition that was also hit by weather delays.
Five years on, Lahiri came a little closer than that to the title when he finished sole second at the PLAYERS Championship this year. He has been in good nick of late with four Top-15 finishes in five starts between the Players and Wells Fargo Championship. In his last 10 rounds Lahiri has been under par five times. He has been fairly consistent and climbed to 49th in FedExCup standings and is 14th on the President’s Cup standings. He is 78th in World Rankings and looking to get into Top-50.
This season Lahiri has been second at the Players, T-6 at Wells Fargo, T-13 at Texas Open and T-15 at Mexico Open.
He came to the PGA Championship on Tuesday after becoming a second-time Dad on Monday, played a practice round with Tiger Woods, but missed the cut at Southern Hills. He then skipped the AT&T Byron Nelson at one of his favourite courses, the Colonial, as he spent time with his family.
In the first two rounds, Lahiri, who two weeks became a father for the second time, will play with Alex Smalley and Adam Schenk.
The strong field for the week is led by Jon Rahm, who in 2020 was forced to withdraw while holding a six shot lead going into the final round. Rahm tested positive for Covid.
Rahm, who also has a win at the Memorial, will have to contend with Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Young, Will Zalatoris, Viktor Hovland and Patrick Reed among others.
The field is 120 at this limited-field invitational and the greens are aiming slickest surfaces on the Tour.
The winner will receive 550 FedExCup points, a three-season membership exemption and a three-year exemption into THE PLAYERS Championship.
