(Anirban Lahiri)
Anirban Lahiri (born on 29th June 1987) an Indian professional golfer was presented with the 2015 Asian tour’s order of merit crown. He is the 4th Indian golfer to win this award.
Anirban Lahiri born in Pune, Maharashtra, India plays on the European tour, Asian tour, PGA tour.
Lahiri learned to play golf from his father at the age of eight. Lahiri turned professional in the year 2007. In 2008 he joined the Asian tour and his first victory came at Panasonic open in 2011. His maiden overseas win on the Asian tour CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters brought his best finish on the order of merit in 2014.
As per official world golf ranking, Lahiri improved his ranking and entered the top 100 club in March 2014.
Lahiri's first official win came at Maybank Malaysian Open on the European tour in February 2015. He defeated Bernd Wiesberger from Austria. In the latter half of the same month, Lahiri won the hero Indian open played at Delhi golf club New Delhi India by defeating fellow countrymen Shiv Chawrasia. This was his second win on the European tour. Following this two major wins, Lahiri broke into the top 50 of the official world golf ranking and simultaneously qualified for the 2015 Masters tournament.
He is the third Indian national after Jeev Milka Singh and Arjun Atwal to play in the Masters tournament. He was labeled as “the new face of Indian golf” and “a rookie to watch”.
Lahiri finished at the fifth place with a score of -13 at the PGA Championship held at Whistling Straits in August 2015. He set a new record for the highest finish by an Indian professional golfer in a major event. Lahiri jumped up to the 38th place in the official world golf ranking after this impressive performance.
Lahiri was the first Indian to be named in the 2015 Presidents cup squad. He is the first Indian to receive this honour. His overall professional wins counts to 18 including two European tour wins and seven Asian tour wins.
Apart from winning the Asian Tour order of merit in 2015, Lahiri was also the winner of the order of merit at the professional golf tour of India in 2009.