Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri, who is going through a rough patch this season, will hope for a turnaround when he tees off at the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament.<\/p>\n
Lahiri has endured his longest stretch without a top-10 finish at the start of the wrap-around season since he got onto the PGA Tour in late 2015.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old has slipped to 480th in the rankings, the lowest in almost a decade since November 2009.<\/p>\n
The Palmer Invitational tournament has been on Lahiri’s schedule for last three seasons, though the results have not been very pleasant. He missed the cut in 2017, but finished T-76 and T-69 in 2018 and 2019 respectively.<\/p>\n
The field will be competing for a USD 9.3 million purse, with 31 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.<\/p>\n
Korean Sungjae Im’s breakthrough on the PGA TOUR last week would have boosted his confidence as the youngster tees up in the world-class company, headlined by Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott and Patrick Reed.<\/p>\n
The tournament, which is the second event of the Florida swing, will have 120 players with Francesco Molinari as the defending champion.<\/p>\n
With Im’s success at the Honda Classic last week, a lot of focus will be on the Asian brigade including compatriot Byeong Hun An.<\/p>\n
An, who made his debut in the Presidents Cup, is pushing hard to secure his first win on the PGA TOUR after finishing T4 at The Honda Classic.<\/p>\n
There will also be some focus on Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond while China’s Xinjun Zhang plans to make a big impression in his debut appearance.<\/p>\n
Other Asians in the field include Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and Korea’s Sung Kang, all winners already on the PGA TOUR.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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