Anirban Lahiri hit by COVID-19, to overlook not less than couple of occasions on PGA Tour
2 min read India’s high golfer Anirban Lahiri has examined optimistic for COVID-19, ruling him out of not less than a few occasions on the PGA Tour.
Lahiri acquired his check outcome on Saturday and has since gone into quarantine.
The 33-year-old ace golfer, who’s aiming for a second successive Olympic look, was simply starting to indicate indicators of return to type with a fifth-place end on the Valero Texas Open. He will now miss motion for not less than two weeks.
Lahiri’s current top-5 end had catapulted him into the race for one of many Olympic berths. Even although he’ll miss a event or two, he might be again for Wells Fargo in mid-April after which the Byron Nelson occasion.
There are a number of extra occasions for him to make a bid for the Olympic spot.
Last week, Lahiri missed the minimize at RBC Heritage after a modest 71 within the first spherical and a listless 75 within the second. He was sitting out the week of Zurich Classic of New Orleans, to observe and work on his sport.
However, Lahiri will now miss observe and likewise subsequent week’s Valspar Championship.
Taking the sudden blow on his chin, Lahiri tweeted, “Looks like the pandemic caught up with the Lahiri’s (sic). Tested positive Saturday morning, isolating and waiting it out. Stay safe everyone.”
Looks just like the pandemic caught up with the Lahiri’s. Tested optimistic Saturday morning. Isolating and ready it out. Stay secure everybody. #COVID19 #partoflife
— Anirban Lahiri (@anirbangolf) April 18, 2021
Lahiri has been on the PGA Tour since 2016 although his final worldwide win got here on the Hero Indian Open in 2015. He has nevertheless had quite a few Top-5 and Top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour.
The present season has been a blended one for Lahiri, who obtained to maintain his taking part in rights on the world’s greatest tour because the 2020 season was hit by the pandemic and Lahiri was caught in India.
Overall within the 2020-21 season, which started in mid-September 2020, Lahiri has performed 13 occasions and made the minimize in seven with fifth place at Valero Texas Open as his greatest.
His different Top-10 was T-6 on the 2020 version of Corales Punta Cana Resort and Club Championship.
