Anirban Lahiri finishes T-11 on the PGA Tour

Anirban Lahiri had another off-day with the putter as he found only two birdies against three bogeys in first 15 holes that gave him a disappointing Tied-11th finish after being tied-third at halfway stage of the Honda Classic, here.
Lahiri, who returned a one-over 71 in the final round, now shifts his attention to Asia, where he plays his home event, the Hero Indian Open, where he has won once and finished second twice in last three editions.
He chose to look at the positives, saying, "The game is headed in right direction. I am playing fine, but I feel the putter has been really cold. Still I feel a good week is around the corner."

Rickie Fowler began the day four shots clear and then saw it dwindle to one, before two big putts, one from 40 feet and another from 25 feet, helped him finish one-over 71 and he won by four over Morgan Hoffman (68) and Gary Woodland (69).
Lahiri has now played seven events this 2017-18 season and made cut in six. He has one Top-3, two others in Top-15 and two more inside Top-30. With his T-11 finish, he moved up from 41st to 32nd on the FedEx Cup standings.
Fowler admitted it was vital that he made a couple of big putts. But it was others who had bigger problems over the closing stretch at PGA National. Woodland appeared to have second place wrapped up until he three-putted the 17th, and then tried to lay up on the par-5 18th and came up short into the water. He closed with another bogey for a 69. He had to share second place with Morgan Hoffmann, who missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th.

PGA champion Jimmy Walker was lurking on the fringe of contention until tee shots into the water on the 15th and 17th holes, which cost him five shots.
Tyrrell Hatton of England, who played in the final group in his first PGA TOUR event in Florida, was out of the picture quickly. He still had a chance to finish alone in second, which would have gone a long way toward securing a PGA TOUR card, until missing a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th and ended in a tie for fourth with five others, including Martin Kaymer.
It was Fowler's fourth title on the PGA TOUR career. It was his first PGA TOUR victory since the Deutsche Bank Championship in September 2015.