Lahiri, who opened the week with a superb two-under 68 to be tied fifth after the first round, returned a card of four-over 74 and is now tied-22nd at two-over 142.
The conditions for scoring were tough with the fairways playing tighter and there was premium on the short game.
Lahiri had a roller coaster of a round with three birdies and seven bogeys. He was one-over for the front nine and then traded a bogey on 10th with a birdie on 13th. He was one-over for the day at that stage, before running into a stretch of three bogeys in four holes.
Jason Day of Australia used his sharp short game to get a pair of late birdies for a 1-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead over David Lingmerth going into the weekend.
Day missed a 6-foot par putt on the last.
Day was at 4-under 136, matching Tiger Woods in 2005 for the highest 36-hole score to lead this World Golf Championships event.
Lingmerth had a 67 that tied for the low score of the second round, where scoring was hampered by wind that felt as though it were coming out of different directions.
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