Lahiri finishes tied-17th

Cromwell (USA), June 26

Anirban Lahiri started his final round with a birdie-birdie flourish and went all out to attempt another top-10 showing at the 2017 Travelers Championship.

His first six holes saw four birdies and two bogeys, but then putts became reluctant to fall and he managed only two more birdies against one bogey for a card of a 3-under 67.

The total of a 6-under 274 saw Lahiri finish tied-17 following up on his previous finish of tied-2nd at the Memorial. He now has two top-3 finishes and another three in top-20. The Kolkata golfer is now 43rd in the FedEx Cup rankings.

Lahiri had birdies on the first, second, fourth, sixth, 13th and the 15th and bogeyed the third, fifth and the 16th.

Dramatic finish

Meanwhile, there was a dramatic finish at the top as Jordan Spieth holed out from the bunker for birdie and the win in a sudden death playoff on the par-4 18th hole. That extra hole and a bit of luck helped Spieth finish off a wire-to-wire victory. The two-time Major champion holed out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger.

The 23-year-old Texan joined Tiger Woods as the only PGA Tour player with 10 victories in the era since World War II. 

Woods won 15 times before he turned 24.

Spieth held a 1-stroke edge after each of the first three rounds. He closed with an even-par 70 to match Berger — who birdied three of the final six holes for a 67 at and a 12-under 268. — PTI