India recorded its second top-10 finish in the Melbourne World Cup of Golf after Anirban Lahiri and Gaganjeet Bhullar produced a second successive two-under 70 in the final round here on Sunday.
Lahiri and Bhullar finished on 12-under par 276 to share the 10th spot after Sunday’s foursomes round, while Belgium won the tournament for the first time with a total of 23-under 265.
Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry added a four-under par 68 in the final round to win by three shots at the Metropolitan Golf Club here.
Host Australia produced a storming finish of seven-under par 65 to climb to tied second place alongside Mexico (66) at 20-under par.
Tied third after the first two rounds, the Indian duo was disappointed with its weekend, which saw it unable to match or better the previous best effort by an Indian pair in the tournament — Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa, who were tied ninth in 2005 in Portugal.
Bad weekend
“Pretty disappointed with our finish. I mean, things start getting better on the back nine. I had a few good shots and Anirban holed a lot of good putts. But it was just towards the end there,” said Bhullar.
Lahiri, who will now play his year’s last tournament in Indonesia in the Asian Tour season-ender, added: “If I was to sum it up, it’s been a bad weekend. I think we played really well Thursday, Friday, a lot of positives there.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Anirban Lahiri of India talk during day two of the 2018 World Cup of Golf at The Metropolitan on November 23, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia.
