Anirban Lahiri was unable to maintain the tempo he set in the third round and rounded off the week with a one-over 72 that saw him finish in tied 44th place, down 17 places from his overnight tied 27, at the RBC Heritage golf tournament here.
It was the second straight cut for Lahiri, who also made the weekend at the Masters a week earlier. Slowly coming to grips with conditions in the United States, Lahiri shot two of his four rounds in 60s, including a 66 in the third round, to show gradual improvement.
Lahiri seemed to be inching towards a better finish inside Top-30 as he birdied twice against one bogey on front nine. But back to back bogeys 11th and 12th saw him fall and he was unable to convert any of the birdie chances over the last seven holes, which he parred.
At four-under 280, it was also Lahiri's first under-par total in the US and should augur well for his confidence as he prepares for the other Majors, WGC-Cadillac and the Players Championship at TPC.
Meanwhile, Jim Furyk, winner of the RBC Heritage in 2010, who had gone 100 starts without winning, won his first title in five years with birdies on both play-off to beat Kevin Kisner, who will have to wait for his first PGA Tour title.
The win fetched Furyk, 44, a USD 1.062 million payday. Furyk shot a 63 and Kevin Kisner a 64, leaving them both at 18-under 266.
Furyk had six birdies on his first nine holes, including a 48-footer on the par-4 eighth that moved him in front. A bogey on the 11th dropped Furyk into a four-way tie for first, but he responded with birdies on three of the next four holes.
Kisner birdied the 14th and 15th to pull within a stroke and stuck his approach on the signature lighthouse hole at No. 18 within 7 feet for a tying birdie.
Furyk led by a stroke when Kisner birdied the 72nd hole to force the playoff.
On the first extra hole, Kisner rolled in a second straight birdie putt on the 18th. But Furyk answered with a birdie to keep the playoff going. After Kisner missed his birdie try on No. 17, Furyk sank a 12-foot putt for his 17th career PGA TOUR victory.
