Fort Worth (The US): Shubhankar Sharma carded three-under 67 on the final round Sunday to finish a creditable tied 20th, a climb of seven places from his position Saturday, but his senior compatriot Anriban Lahiri ended far behind at tied 58th spot at the Fort Worth Invitational golf tournament at the Colonial here.
The 21-year-old Subhankar finished with a total score of six-under 274 for the week while Lahiri endured a disappointing weekend here, with rounds of 68-69 to register two-under 268. The finish was Shubhankar’s second best finish on the PGA Tour after his tied ninth in WGC-Mexico.
Justin Rose continued his fine run as he closed with a six-under 64 and finished at 20-under for a three-stroke victory over defending US Open champion Brooks Koepka.
It was the ninth career PGA win for 37-year-old Rose. He also rose from World No.5 to No.3 and if he wins at the Memorial, he could reach the top.
It also broke a series of missed cuts in America for Shubhankar, who missed the cut twice in Texas and the Masters before this. Next on the cards for him is the Memorial.
Shubhankar had seven birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey in the final round. “It was a decent round and I was still two-under for front nine,” Shubhankar said. “I started the back nine badly with a double bogey and that stopped me from going up the leader board. Overall it has been a good week, but it could have been much better,” the Indian added.
Lahiri, with four birdies and one bogey and a double bogey, shot 69 on the day. “It was a disappointing weekend at one my favourite venues on the Tour. Hopefully, it will become better,” said Lahiri.
During the weekend, I was not as consistent as I should have been. It was a disappointing performance”
Anirban Lahiri