Lahiri registers best WGC finish with Tied-6th; Thomas wins title

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri produced his best-ever finish at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he signed off tied sixth after carding a two-under 68 in the final round here.

Playing his first WGC event since the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Lahiri registered his first ever Top-10 in a WGC event and it put him in the right frame for next week's PGA Championships, where he was T-5th in 2015.

Other Indian in fray, Shubhankar Sharma shot his best round of the week at even par 70 and finished 69th at 13-over.

Justin Thomas never let anyone closer than two shots and turned in a one-under 69 to win his third PGA TOUR title this season as the final WGC at Firestone lacked drama yesterday.

Thomas thus becomes the fifth and youngest player to win a FedExCup, major championship and World Golf Championships.

Tiger Woods, an eight-time winner at Firestone, tried to go out with a bang but shot 73 to finish 15 shots behind.

Rory McIlroy, playing in the final group with Thomas, said he was tired of finishing second this year. This time he was sixth. Kyle Stanley tried to make a move, only to stumble with bogeys and was second.

Dustin Johnson (64) and Thorbjorn Olesen (64) finished third with great final rounds, while Brooks Koepka (67) was fifth.

Lahiri was Tied-sixth alongside Aaron Wise (67), Patrick Cantalay (68) and Rory McIlroy (73) at 8-under 272.

Lahiri, who moves up to 82nd on FedEx Cup standings with this finish, will now head to the PGA Championship with good momentum.

"It wasn't easy, as the wind was pumping on the front nine," said Lahiri. "I was pretty happy as I hit solid, but did not putt well the whole week. I could have done more damage and should have done a little better."