India’s Anirban Lahiri aced the par-3 ninth hole at Royal Lytham on Saturday in the third round of the British Open, stunning himself in his major championship debut with the shot of his life. “Just when I thought that it was fantastic, it gets even better,” Lahiri said. “That’s probably the icing on the cake.”u00a0Lahiri, a 25-year-old from Bangalore, joined Jeev Milkha Singh, who made the field by winning last week’s Scottish Open, as the first India duo to make the cut at a major.

Lahiri watches his shot during Round Three of the British Open on Saturday. Pic/AFP