Following a three-week break, India’s Anirban Lahiri will be participating at the Bermuda Championship starting Thursday where he is eager to make further improvements to his game.
“I’m really excited…it’s been three good weeks. I got a lot of work done, took some time off, kind of reflected on the start, and also looked at areas that I need to work on and get better at. I’m playing much better. For me, it’s all about staying in the process and keep moving in that direction,” Lahiri was quoted as saying by the asiantour.com.
The 33-year-old enjoyed a decent run with a first top-10 in nearly two years and a couple of top-40s in his first three starts to the 2020-21 PGA Tour season.
He finished T36 in the season-opening Safeway Open last month, T6 at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, and T37 at the Sanderson Farms Championship to currently lie in 51st position on the FedExCup points list.
“It’s all about building that momentum going forward, build on that confidence and belief and snowball it into getting into contention more often, maybe this week, and try to work for a ‘W’. I have to think that way. That’s my attitude at the moment and that’s what I’m looking forward to. The game has been one bad round or mediocre round every event, and there’s been a lot of good golf and a lot of birdies and a lot of other positives as well,” said the former Asian Tour No. 1.
Lahiri has an old score to settle at the Bermuda Championship which he shot rounds of 66 and 73 in the inaugural tournament last year but had to withdraw before the start of the third round due to injury.
The ace Indian golfer, who isn’t in the field for next week’s Vivint Houston Open, hopes to gain a backdoor entry by finishing in the top-10 in Bermuda, similar to what he did with his top-10 in Corales Puntacana which got him into the Sanderson Farms Championship.
“There’s a lot to play for. I’m in a position where I’m not getting into a lot of events. This is going to be my fourth event of the year and may even be the last just looking at how many entries have come in for the remainder of the events. So I have to make the most of it,” said Lahiri.
“I have to try and get as many points up so when the season restarts, whenever I get my next opportunity, I’m not trying to run with a gun to my head. It’s very important for me to get off to that start, so it’s important for me to be focused on every event. I’m close, I’m definitely close. How close, I don’t know. Might be this week, might be two weeks from now. I think if I keep playing to my ability, to my potential, that I can push it further and further and higher and that’s how I want to look at it,” he added.
