Anirban Lahiri and Adam Scott paired together in President's Cup Four-Ball

Lahiri will be pairing up with Scott for the President’s Cup

Anirban Lahiri, the rising star of Indian golf will be in action once again, in the Four-ball on the third day of the Presidents Cup, taking place at Incheon, Korea. Lahiri sat out the second and third sessions as the International Team Captain Nick Price was confident that the Indian pro would be better off in Four-ball format, all the more because of experienced company.

Four-ball is a golf competition format, that can be played either as match play or stroke play, but more commonly seen as match play. A four-ball match is a match in which two sides, each consisting of two golfers, play each other using better-ball scoring.

Each golfer in the match plays his or her own ball throughout and there are four balls in play, hence the name.

This is the seventh President’s Cup for Scott and is the most experienced player on the team, while Lahiri is playing his first. Price felt that for Lahiri, the President’s Cup rookie, playing with Scott would be a great learning curve.

"Sitting four guys is never easy. It's a tough decision. But we felt like we're putting the guys who are playing the best out there, our eight best out there. Obviously Anirban had not played since Thursday, so we have to play him this afternoon, and I think he's going to be more comfortable in better-ball than he was in alternate-shot. And I put him with Adam, because I think Adam's going to be a wonderful influence for him," said Price to The PTI.

On Anirban’s performance, Price said, "In hindsight, he (Anirban) and Thongchai played so well together in the practice round in Tuesday and then again on Wednesday, I thought they would be a really good fit. And I think they were both a little nervous and a little apprehensive."

 He further cintinued, "And in hindsight, I may have changed Anirban and played him in better-ball for yesterday (Friday), as I think he would probably be a little more calmer if I put him with someone more experienced. That's not to say that Thongchai is not experienced.”

Price admitted that the week had been a huge learning experience for all of them. There were five golfers on the team about who he didn’t have an awful lot of information up until this week, even though he tries to follow their games.

 

The 28-year-old golfer from Bangalore recently received his card and status for the PGA Tour 2016.