Captain Price hopes to see Presidents Cup in India

Nick Price, the captain of the International team, heaped praise on Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri and said that he hoped to see the Presidents Cup in India in the near future.
The Zimbabwean legend Price, 58, who held the World's No. 1 spot in the mid-1990s and won three Majors, had played in the first five editions of the Presidents Cup from 1994 to 2003 and was the captain last time in 2013. Now he is all set to lead the team again.
"I think it's a huge bonus or however you want to put it for us to have an Indian for the first time on our team. We know how big golf has become in India, and all of us hope that maybe one day The Presidents Cup will go to India.

"I mean, you guys have produced some really good golfers over the last 10 or 12 years, and I think that it's just great that Anirban (Lahiri) is on there," said Price.
The Presidents Cup came into Asia for the first time in its two-decade long history dating back to the inaugural edition in 1994.
Lahiri, who will make his Presidents Cup debut this week, revealed that it was a conversation with Price that got him to add Presidents Cup to his list of goals and 'must-do' events in his career.

Price said: "We met in Fiji last year, and I went up to him, because he had been progressing up on the rankings in our team. He expressed to me he really wanted to play on The Presidents Cup, and that made me feel very proud. You want guys out here who are going to play. You want guys -- and so he's really looked forward to that."

Lahiri's sense of humour in the dressing room has also won him a lot of friends and fans in the team.
"He brings a great sense of humour to the team. A lot of guys didn't realise how funny he is but he has a really good sense of humour and he's just so keen to get out there and play. We're very happy he's on the team," Price said.
Lahiri helped his cause with superlative showing in 2015, which included two wins in joint-sanctioned events Malaysian Open and Hero Indian Open.
As an amateur, Lahiri was part of the Indian team that won the Asian Junior Golf Team gold in 2005 and also went to World Junior Championships. He also played the Eisenhower the Nomura Cup in Asia-Pacific. He was also a crucial member of the Indian team at the 2006 Asian Games, when it won the silver medals -- his then teammates were Gaganjeet Bhullar, five time winner on Asian Tour, and Chiragh Kumar, who also plays on Asian Tour.