Golfer Anirban Lahiri targets Olympic spot: ‘I can’t cry about it, it’s upto me’
Anirban Lahiri, a former World No. 33 and one of India’s top golfers, has had many reasons to be content with his move away from the professional tours to the Saudi-backed upstart LIV Golf tour. Financial security, fixed schedule, and ‘work-life balance’ are some.However, the move is now coming in the way of his next goal – to represent India at the Olympics again.
Since playing on the LIV tour does not grant world ranking points, Lahiri, who moved away from competing on the PGA Tour in the US to LIV in 2022, only has an outside chance to be on the flight to Paris in the summer.
Only 60 players will make it to the Olympics golf event decided by the Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) based on world rankings. The top 15 players (maximum of four per country) receive automatic entry, and outside th...