National Record: Lahiri set to cross Jeev with his 15th Major appearance at PGA

Anirban Lahiri will achieve a coveted landmark when he plays in his 15th Majors at the PGA Championship surpassing Jeev Milkha Singhs previous Indian record of 14 Lahiris younger colleague Shubhankar Sharma who has been the star of 2018 will also be in the field and becomes the youngest Indian and the third overall to have played all four Majors in a single year after Jeev in 2007 and Lahiri in 2015 and 2016Meanwhile globally all eyes will be on Tiger Woods after his splendid tied6th at the Open Championships in Carnoustie last month Never has he looked closer to a 15th Major in last 10 years as he is looking now He actually had sole lead on the 10th hole on the final day at CarnoustieAs for Lahiri his tied sixth finish at the WGCBridgestone is a proof of his improvement Lahiri is also up to 82nd on FedExCup rankings and he could improve that this week It has now put him back in top100 of world rankings and only four places behind Shubhankar Shubhankar has played the first three Majors but made the cut in only one the Open where he was tied 51He was tied 9th at his first WGC but has since been languishing lower down at both WGC Matchplay as also WGCBridgestone On Thursday Sharma plays with Scott Piercy and Jordan Smith and will start at 10th tee in the morning wave while Lahiri plays the first round in the afternoon alongside Brian Smock and Mike Lorenzo Vera Tiger Woods goes out with Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy from tenth tee at 823 am Jordan Spieth will play with Jon Rahm and Justin Rose from first at 137 pmThe PGA is sometimes seen as the lowest in the order of priorities in the Major set up but still a major is a major and a PGA title counts just the same as a Masters or a US or British Open in a players career major championship totalOf late a comparison has emerged between Justin Thomas and his friend Jordan Spieth and it seems the former is pulling away In the last 20 months Thomas has seven wins 1 major 1 World Golf Championship 16 top 10s and eight missed cuts while Spieth has three wins one major no World Golf Championship 17 top 10s and eight missed cuts In the 201718 season Thomas has three wins one WGC seven top 10s and 2 missed cuts while Spieth no wins no WGC titles five top 10s and five missed cutsBut in Majors Spieth has the edge Spieth has three majors Thomas has one Spieth has nine Top10s in majors Thomas has two There is another comparison which comes into focus and that is between Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson Rory has 14 Tour wins and four majors while Dustin has 19 wins but only major and Jason Day has 12 wins but just a lone Major the PGA ChampionshipTiger at time looked tired at Firestone But this is also his first full season since 2015 so tiredness cannot be ruled out even though he still has the PGA and then possibly four FedEx Cup Playoff events in five weeks and then one week off before the Ryder CupCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever