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Lahiri finishes sixth in Liv Houston Golf Collection
India’s Anirban Lahiri performed a stable third and remaining spherical to card four-under 68 for a complete of 10-under to complete tied sixth on the Liv Houston Golf sequence.
This was the second top-10 for Lahiri, who had earlier completed the same sixth in Jeddah in March.
Beginning with a birdie from the third, Lahiri had 5 birdies, an eagle and three bogeys in his 68. His earlier rounds have been 69-69.
Within the crew competitors Cleeks GC led by Martin Kaymer gained their first trophy.
The crew totalled 33-under to win at Golf Membership of Houston by two strokes over Smash GC and Fireballs GC. This was LIV Golf’s thirtieth match since its inception.
The Houston particular person title went to Torque GC’s Carlos Ortiz, who has celebrated 4 crew victories however by no means a person win.
Ortiz shot a final-round of five-under 67 to complete at 15-under, one stroke forward of the Cleeks’ Adrian Meronk. Patrick Reed (4Aces GC) was tied for third with David Puig (Fireballs GC) at 13-under.
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Avani Prashanth finishes 54th in LET Entry Collection tourney
Indian novice golfer Avani Prashanth endured a disappointing end on the Montauban Women Open on the Women European Tour’s Entry Collection, signing off 54th on the occasion.
Avani, who had a great begin to the week with a one-under 71, completed the final two days with 78-82. Her three-day complete was 15-over 231 and completed 54th.
Earlier a second Indian, Durga Nittur missed the minimize.
Each Avani and Durga will play on the Amundi Czech Women Problem which begins on June 14.
German novice Helen Briem secured her first victory at an expert occasion, one week after dropping out on the win on the LET’s Dormy Open Helsingborg in a play-off.
Briem got here into the ultimate day three pictures behind day two chief Kelsey Bennett and confirmed she meant enterprise by rolling in a birdie on the primary gap.
She saved the momentum to card a 69 and win the title. Her first two rounds have been 70-70 for a 3 day complete of seven-under 281.
Switzerland’s Tiffany Arafi completed second on six-under-par. In a single day chief Australia’s Kelsey Bennett had a troublesome back-nine and completed solo third on five-under-par, whereas 2021 winner Marine Griffaut completed fourth in her skilled debut alongside France’s Ariane Klotz and England’s Amy Taylor.
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Sharma ends T-59th; Linn Grant wins blended occasion in Sweden
Helsingborg (Sweden), Jun 10 (PTI) Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma dropped 5 pictures within the final 4 holes for a nightmarish card of five-over 77 to finish tied 59th on the 2024 Volvo Automotive Scandinavian Blended Match.
His earlier rounds have been 69-69-71 and he totalled two-under 286 to slide from the top-20 place he occupied for the primary two days.
Sharma was even par after 14 holes with two birdies and two bogeys earlier than he collapsed on the end. He had two triples within the week in addition to a double bogey.
Diksha Dagar had earlier missed the minimize in blended occasion with 78 ladies from Women European Tour and 78 males from the DP World Tour. All of them play for a standard title and prize pool.
Residence star Linn Grant clinched a one-shot victory on a dramatic remaining day. Linn, 24, began the day 11 pictures behind fellow Swede Sebastian Soderberg, who had led from the beginning of the match.
Grant made historical past in 2022 changing into the primary lady to win on the DP World Tour and has now change into the primary lady to win twice.
Grant fired a bogey-free seven-under 65 on the ultimate day to publish the clubhouse lead of 17-under-par at Vasatorps Golfklubb. Soderberg had a one-shot lead heading into the final however made a double bogey, handing the title to Grant.
She conceded that she didn’t assume a lot about successful as she was 11 behind. It was the largest comeback win on DP World Tour, which was co-sanctioning the occasion with LET.
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Randhawa registers Prime-10 in Legends Tour in Greece
Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa, taking part in his rookie season, recorded his first Prime-10 end on the Legends Tour Europe on the Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy.
Randhawa, who gained the Legends Tour Qualifying College, shot even par 72 within the remaining spherical on the Par-72 Worldwide Olympic Academy Golf Course.
His earlier rounds have been 68 on the Par-71 Bay Course and 66 on the Worldwide Olympic Academy Golf Course. With a complete of 9-under for 54 holes he was tied-ninth.
The opposite Indian within the discipline, Jeev Milkha Singh (67-75-71), at 2-under, was T-Thirty second.
The Indian pair will play in Irish Legends occasion subsequent week.
Clark Dennis shot 66 to assert a sixth Legends Tour victory of his profession. The American carded three successive rounds of 66 to register a rating of 17-under par and win the title by 4 pictures forward of Scott Hend (13-under).
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