Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri shot 2-under 70 within the closing spherical to finish with general 8-under 280 and end Tied-Thirteenth on the Valero Texas Open right here.
Lahiri hit 14 of 18 greens in regulation throughout his closing spherical. His Thirteenth place end right here comes after a memorable second place at The Players Championship final month.
JJ Spaun gained his maiden title and a passage to the Masters at 13 below with Matt Jones and Matt Kuchar tied for 2nd at 11-under. Troy Merritt, Adam Hadwin, Beau Hossler, and Charles Howell III have been tied for 4th at 10 below.
Playing with Richard Bland and Kevin Streelman, the Indian had a bogey on the 171-yard par-3 third as his tee shot went 185 yards to the left aspect. His second shot went 10 yards to the perimeter, and he ended with a bogey. But he fought again with birdies on sixth and eighth and turned in 1-under.
On the 403-yard par-4 sixth gap, Lahiri had a 125-yard method shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Lahiri to even for the spherical. After a 309 yard drive on the 604-yard par-5 eighth, Lahiri chipped his third shot to 4 toes, which he rolled for one-putt birdie on the opening.
Then on the par-4 twelfth, Lahiri’s 106 yard method to 7 toes set himself up for the birdie on the opening.
However, after a tee shot on the 241-yard par-3 Thirteenth inexperienced, Lahiri suffered from a tricky three-putt after lacking a putt from 10-feet for a par and completed with a bogey. This put Lahiri at 1 below for the spherical.
A birdie on 14th noticed him again at 2-under, however a bogey on on fifteenth pulled him again. Then a birdie on 18th helped him to 70.
Spaun gained his first PGA Tour occasion in his 147th begin. He survived a double-bogey begin to his spherical by recording 5 birdies with no bogeys to complete at 13-under at TPC San Antonio. It gave him a two-shot margin over Matt Kuchar (69) and Matt Jones (66).
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