February 10, 2015 – An infallible week of straight driving and clinical approach play, supplemented by a Srixon Z-STAR XV golf ball, secured Anirban Lahiri his debut European Tour win at last week’s Maybank Malaysian Open.
The statistics for the Kuala Lumpur-based tournament confirmed the Indian’s overall efficiency, with virtually no weakness highlighted.
The 27 year old Bangalore native, who came through Qualifying School just three months ago, was arrow straight off the tee and hit an impressive 71.2 per cent of the fairways – the 16th best in the field for that category. This statistic is made even more notable when you also consider Lahiri’s length from the tee box, which averaged a not inconsiderable 291.9 yards.
In his bag you will find the new Srixon Z Forged 725 irons and two Cleveland Golf wedges. As Lahiri swapped driver for irons, he became even more proficient and missed a remarkably small number of Greens in Regulation at Kuala Lumpur Golf Club. In fact the new World Number 37 only failed to find 23.6 per cent of the putting surfaces in regulation, a stat which rendered him sixth most successful in that area in Malaysia.
Once on the dance floor, Lahiri putted like a man possessed and averaged a fine 1.656 putts per GiR – tenth best in that category – and 28.5 putts per round.
From placing his Srixon Z-STAR XV golf ball on the tee peg to plucking it from the hole, Lahiri displayed the ruthless reliability of a deserving champion.
Here’s what was in Anirban Lahiri golf bag:
- Driver: Callaway Golf Big Bertha V Series (10,5º)
- Fairway Woods: Callaway Golf X2 Hot (3 and 5)
- Hybrid: Adams DHY Pro tour (21º)
- Irons: Srixon Z Forged 725 (3-9, PW)
- Wedges: Cleveland Golf 588 (53º), and Cleveland Golf 588 RTX (60º)
- Putter: Titleist SC GoLo M3
- Golf ball: Srixon Z STAR XV
- Footwear: FootJoy