Lahiri third, Chowrasia fourth in Malaysia

A tired Anirban Lahiri tried hard for a birdie on the very last hole but ended with a bogey to finish third, while SSP Chowrasia recovered from his third round 73, to card 67 and end at tied fourth spot in the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters here today.
For the Indian fans, the disappointment of Lahiri ending with a bogey increased after the eventual winner, Chapchai Nirat also bogeyed the last after him.
Chapchai (68) beat early leader Antonio Lascuna (63) in the first play-off hole, while Lahiri (68) ended sole third.
Other Indians in the fray -- Rashid Khan (70) and Jyoti Randhawa (72) were tied for 24th, while Chiragh Kumar (75) was tied 42nd and Arjun Atwal (78) played listless to end 70th.

Lahiri playing two groups ahead of the final one, was nine-under after a birdie on the 17th, when he came to the 18th tee.
Earlier, Lascuna, who was sixth from last group had taken the clubhouse lead at 10-under with a flawless eight-under 63 to move from overnight two-under to a contending 10-under.

A birdie on last would have tied Lahiri with Lascuna while Chapchai, who bogeyed the 17th had the 18th still to play. Chapchai bogeyed the last but made the play-off in which he parred and beat Lascuna.
Lahiri speaking of his finish, said, "When I birdied 17 to get to nine-under, I thought I could birdie 18 that would give me a good chance. One of the good advantage on this course is if you post a total like Antonio, it puts a lot of pressure as 16, 17 and 18 is very difficult to play. I thought if I could join Antonio I would have a chance. But I missed the fairway on 18 and that's a shot gone right there."

Chowrasia shared fourth place with Order of Merit leader David Lipsky of the United States (71) and overnight leader Cameron Smith of Australia (73).