Troon (Scotland): Star Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri battled typical Scottish weather for a one-over-par 72 in the second round of the British Open here on Friday.
<img title="Anirban Lahiri. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/6Anirban-Lahiri-1.jpg" alt="Anirban Lahiri. Pic/AFP" /> Anirban Lahiri
The reigning Asian Tour number one traded two birdies against three bogeys at historic Royal Troon, which was greeted by rain, cold temperature and winds following a glorious opening day under sunshine and blue skies.
Lahiri, who has made the cut three times from four appearances at the oldest Major, said: "I managed to control the damage as I didn&rsquo;t play too good. The idea was to get off to a good start but it wasn&rsquo;t to be."
"A couple of judgement errors as it was new conditions. It was very different the way we have been playing the front nine all week so I think that kind of didn&rsquo;t work in my favour. I&rsquo;m glad I hung in there, although I did feel like I could have made a few more putts. A little disappointed but it could have been worse."
After a bogey on four, the 29-year-old, who played alongside Keegan Bradley and Sergio Garcia, birdied the famous par three eighth hole nicknamed Postage Stamp with a 10-foot conversion.
He dropped two more shots on nine and 10 when conditions turned before salvaging his card with a birdie on 16.
&ldquo;The hardest holes are around the turn. Our group played seven, eight, nine and 10 in the wind and rain and that&rsquo;s when conditions are the hardest. It&rsquo;s hard to judge exactly how far it&rsquo;s going to go,&rdquo; he said.
The rio-bound golfer is hopeful of posting under-par rounds over the weekend in his bid to improve on his best Open finish of tied 30th achieved at St. Andrews last season and equal or better a top-five outing at the PGA Championship last year.
"I&rsquo;ll be hoping to post two scores in the red. That should be pretty gettable for me, if it&rsquo;s deep enough in the red, then maybe I can give myself a chance on Sunday," he said.
Lahiri found comfort that he was now getting used to playing on the Major stage.
"This year, I&rsquo;ve been the least nervous. It&rsquo;s also my fourth Open and it&rsquo;s nice to get more comfortable starting in weeks like this, knowing what is achievable from what I have done from Majors of the past. I feel like I play my best golf when I focus really hard during the Majors. Hopefully the last two days are evidence of that,&rdquo; he said.
The Bengaluru golfer found the birdie on eight particularly satisfying.
&ldquo;As hard as that hole played on Thursday, it&rsquo;s going to be one of the holes you might see a few more birdies on Friday, just because of how the winds are. I hit a good shot and finally made a 10-footer. It&rsquo;s been a grind on the greens for me. I don&rsquo;t think I putted too badly but just burnt a lot of lips,&rdquo; he said.

Star Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri battled typical Scottish weather for a one-over-par 72 in the second round of the British Open here on Friday

Anirban Lahiri scores one-over-par 72 in second round of British Open

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Star Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri battled typical Scottish weather for a one-over-par 72 in the second round of the British Open here on Friday

Anirban Lahiri scores one-over-par 72 in second round of British Open

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