Putting forward his first individual victory with Live Golf, India’s Aniran Lahiri played a bogie-free second round at 7-under 64 on Saturday and took a two-shot lead in Live Golf Virginia in Gineswile, VA on Saturday.
Four times with a live golf, one runner-up, Lahiri immersed seven Birds and made a 39-foot equal put at number 16, then strengthened with equal number at number 18 after landing in the rough. On the 18th, he had to rise down from a distance of more than 100 yards.
“Yes, those people also felt like Burdies,” Lahiri said about his impressive closing for the day at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. “I think the first 15 holes were as concrete as I could play. I missed some put and I still made a lot of shower.
“Then 16, I was trying to hit the middle of 9-Lohe and I tried to compress it a little bit, and the rest saw what happened. It was good to make that put.”
Veteran Bubba Watson, Martin Caimar and Graeme McDowell-who are also chasing their first personal live golf win-9-under equal in the last round of Sunday, only two shots behind the leader.
“It is always good to be close to the lead, the last day is a chance,” Watson said. “Looking forward for this. Looking forward to the challenge of this golf course. … You hit your driver well, you kill your irony in the right places, you have a chance to play this golf course.”
Rangegoats GC captain Watson Bird No. 17 and 18, then closed its round with pars on 6-under 65 on NOS 1 and 2 En route. Kaymer, who shared the first round lead with Captain Bryson Decombo of Crusher GC, shot himself 4-under 67 in walking.
Meanwhile, McDowell noted three straight Birds at 15–17 to dispute himself with 5-under 66. He will play the last round with Lahiri and Watson.
“I am excited to be there (on the leaderboard),” said McDowell. “I am excited to give myself my first opportunity on Liv. I have reduced it before in my career so far. There is definitely more hope than myself.”
Joquin Neemon, Decombo and John Rahm, are tied to four shots from the top location, at the top three in individual standing, below 7, below 7.
On the team’s front, Lahiri and Decombo have crushers under 21, one on a McDowell’s smash GC squad and well in front of the other Fordsum.
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