Modest start for Lahiri, shoots one-under 71 in Las Vegas

Returning from a two-week break, India's Anirban Lahiri opened with a modest one-under 71 to be placed tied 52nd after the first round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament here.

Lahiri, looking for a good start and a finish to ensure some early points in the fall season before the calendar year turns, started from the 10th and had three birdies on 13th, 14th and 15th to go to three-under.

But two bogeys on the second nine, on third and sixth, saw him fall to one-under even though the first round is yet to be completed due to darkness setting in early at the TPC Summerlin.

Lahiri's birdies were good from 13 and 18 feet on 13th and 14th and then he putted from close to 100 feet to five feet for a third birdie.

But he made a bogey from the fairway on the third after missing a 10-footer for par.

On the sixth, he went to left rough and did not come out good, leaving himself a 20-footer for par, which he missed.

Peter Uihlein topped the leaderboard at eight-under 63 ..