Chawrasia, Lahiri finish lowly 50 and 57 respectively in Olympic golf

Rio de Janeiro:  Anirban Lahiri at last put up a good show as it was a case of too little too late.   The   poster boy of Indian  Golf  scored 1-over 72  in his fourth  and last round while  his compatriot SSP Chawrasia carded  error prone   7-over 78  in the Olympic  Golf competition.   However, both Indians finished outside the top 49 places with Chawrasia ending tied 50th and Lahiri was placed at 57th.   Lahiri  opened  his final round from his overnight score of 9-over, and r after hitting a bogey  on the 4th  recovered well to  card er his first birdies of the day on  5th and  followed  it with another on  8th.   He then fired three more birdies, before  dropping  shots  on  12th and  13th.   Lahiri further dented his round with  double  bogey at  15th, but he managed two birdies on  16th and  18th. His final score across four rounds was 10-over 294.   Later on in the day, Chawrasia would tee off with an outside chance of bringing himself into medal contention, and he made the perfect start with a birdie on the 2nd. His round got worse when he dropped three shots on the 3rd.   He hit  his second birdie of the day on the 8th. But then dropped five shots across four holes - including a double bogey on the 13th - to   finish with 5-over 289.   Meanwhile, Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh shot three birdies, but couldn't prevent seven bogeys, keeping him 58th, and one place below Lahiri, with a total of 11-over.   (The writer is a senior sports journalist)