Lahiri: Asia on brink of ‘major’ success
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Anirban Lahiri believes a lack of experience cost him dearly in the last two rounds of the British Open but the Asian Tour money leader is confident the region will soon be celebrating another male major winner.
India’s Lahiri was in contention after an impressive 36 holes at St Andrews, Scotland, but the 28-year-old suffered two back-nine meltdowns over the weekend to finish 6-under for the tournament and tied for 30th, nine strokes behind champion Zach Johnson.
“A lot of it comes down to experience,” the seven-time Asian Tour winner told reporters in a conference call confirming the defense of his Venetian Macau Open title in October.
“It was only my fifth or sixth major and in that sense I was a little bit inexperienced, also having not played St Andrews before. The conditions that we got on the weekend, it was not easy on the back nine. Not just myself, but a number of guys lost a few shots coming in.”
While it was disappointing for Lahiri that Asian male players have failed to mount a serious challenge for major titles since South Korean Yang Yong-eun won the US PGA Championship in 2009, he felt the region’s golfers were getting closer.
“We haven’t really had any one player or group of players consistently in the top 10. Having said that, I do think we are making progress,” Lahiri said.
“There are more of us playing, there are more of us playing the weekends. Some of us do come close to contending.
“But I feel like it is only a matter of time. I think you only need everything to click. The week that Yang won was an example of that.”
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