Melbourne: Anirban Lahiri carded a decent one-over 72 in the final round on what was yet another tough day at the World Cup of Golf here on Sunday.
Lahiri finished with a four-day total of three-over 287 and in tied 25th place at the Royal Melbourne Golf Course here.
His teammate Gaganjeet Bhullar finally came to terms with the Golf Course this week with a round of even par 71 after three irksome rounds on first three days.
Bhullar was 14-over for the week and was 60th and last but still took home USD 20,000.
Home hero Jason Day secured an emotional victory a week after losing eight members of his family in Typhoon Haiyan. He delighted the large crowds including his mother Denning by seeing off Denmark’s Thomas Björn by two strokes.
Day’s closing round of 70 for a 10-under par aggregate total, allied to his team-mate Adam Scott’s seven-under par score, also meant that Australia were crowned World Cup of Golf winners for the fifth time, beating the American team of Matt Kuchar and Kevin Streelman by ten shots.
India finished 26th and last in the team Championships.
“It’s a tough test on any day at Royal Melbourne but today was toughest day of the week, wind wise. It really got up, especially on the back nine which was tough to control the ball,” said Lahiri.
Bhullar was disappointed that he did not feature prominently in the World Cup especially after he had high hopes following his strong outing in the Australian Masters in the previous week.
“Last week and this week, the ball striking has been absolutely the same. It was all down to the putting, the ball is not going into the hole, just taking extra shots to get in the hole. This week was totally different,” lamented Bhullar. (PTI)