Olympics-ゴルフ-India's Lahiri welcomes Barbasol 上げる ahead of Olympics
NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) - India's Anirban Lahiri gave himself a timely 上げる with a season's best tied-for-third finish at the Barbasol 選手権 on Sunday and hopes to carry that 勢い into Tokyo where he will be chasing his country's first Olympic ゴルフ メダル.
Lahiri ended the week one 一打／打撃 behind the プレーオフ 二人組 of 結局の 支持する／優勝者 Seamus 力／強力にする and J.T. Poston after 狙撃 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs of 68, 67, 68 and 65 at the Keene Trace ゴルフ Club in Nicholasville.
"I think all week, I've played a little better than the 得点する／非難する／２０s I've 発射," the former Asia number one told the PGA 小旅行する after 安全な・保証するing his 小旅行する card for the next season.
"I'm not playing next week, off to Tokyo, so I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to make sure that I get the most out of this week," said Lahiri, who was laid low by COVID-19 in April.
"Every 適切な時期 that I get, I'm going to 得る，とらえる it with both 手渡すs, and hopefully I can go with this form to Tokyo and keep making these birdies because I'm going to need them."
In Tokyo, Lahiri will be part of a field that 含むs newly 栄冠を与えるd British Open 支持する／優勝者 Collin Morikawa, world number one Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, this year's Masters 支持する／優勝者.
Lahiri, a two-time 勝利者 on the European 小旅行する, said an Olympic メダル would go a long way in 解除するing ゴルフ's profile in India, where cricket is king.
"I think it would change the way ゴルフ is perceived in India. It would have 類似の 衝撃 to winning a major even," said the 34-year-old.
"I think more people would watch an Olympic event than just a 正規の／正選手 PGA 小旅行する event in India. That's a 広大な／多数の／重要な 適切な時期 for me to give 支援する to the game and bring some glory to the country." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Peter Rutherford)
