White Sulphur Springs (US): Anirban Lahiri staged a terrific fightback after a disappointing front nine to bring home a card of one-over 71 in the third round of the Greenbrier Classic here.
Lahiri who bogeyed first, second, seventh and ninth on front nine, stopped the leakage of shots in the back nine as he birdied 12th, 14th and 17th to take his total to 11-under 199.
The Indian golfer slipped from overnight T-2 to T-6 but is still within striking distance at just three shots behind leader, Harold Varner (66). With the Old White TPC dried out on a sunny Saturday the scores weren’t as low as the first two days when rains softened the course. Yet there were no less than eight rounds of 63 or better.
Lahiri, who holed a lot of long putts on second day, missed at least three inside six feet and another one from under nine feet. Varner is tied with second-round leader Kelly Kraft (69). Varner had four back-nine birdies after 10 consecutive pars. Kraft led by as many as four strokes but bogeyed two of the final three holes and shot one-under 69. Both were at 14-under 196.
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Oneida (US): Aditi Ashok shot her third straight round in the 60s with a three-under 69 and moved to 11-under 205 at the Thornberry LPGA Classic here. Aditi, who had rounds of 68-69 on first two days, is however 13 shots behind the runaway leader, Sei Young Kim, whose rounds of 63-65-64 put her at a record 24-under 192. Aditi, who was T-22 after second round, is now T-26th. Kim is eight shots ahead of second placed fellow Korean Amy Yang (67-66-67) who is 13-under and T-second.