Rio de Janeiro: India&rsquo;s Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia had a topsy-turvy start to their campaign at the Rio Olympics as they carded a three-over 74 and even-par 71 respectively in the opening round of the golf competition here on Thursday.
<img title="Anirban Lahiri" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/13-Anirban-Lahiri.jpg" alt="Anirban Lahiri" /> Anirban Lahiri
Asian Tour No 1 Lahiri and India Open champion Chawrasia were tied 49th and tied 27th respectively on Day One as golf returned to the Olympics after 112 years.
Lahiri dropped five bogeys against a couple of birdies, while Chawrasia&rsquo;s four birdies were erased by his four bogeys as the duo found it difficult to tame the Olympic golf course here.
At the top, Australia&rsquo;s Marcus Fraser fired a sizzling eight-under 63 to lead the clubhouse, followed by Canada&rsquo;s Graham Delaet (66) and Thomas Pieters (67). Lahiri did not have a good day in office as he started with a bogey and then stumbled on two more bogeys at the sixth and eighth holes to make the turn at three-over. On his resumption journey, Lahiri lost a couple of strokes at the 11th and 12th holes before he produced two birdies at the 15th and 18th holes to end the day on a positive note.

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India&rsquo;s Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia had a topsy-turvy start to their campaign at the Rio Olympics as they carded a three-over 74 and even-par 71 respectively in the opening round of the golf competition here on Thursday

Rio 2016: Topsy-turvy day for India in golf on Day One

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