Lahiri stutters in strong winds, slips to T-63rd in Hawaii

India's Anirban Lahiri dropped three bogeys in the last five holes to slip to Tied-63rd on the opening day of the Sony Open golf tournament here.

For most part of his round on Thursday, Lahiri seemed to be coping well with the strong winds that made playing and scoring rather difficult.

He was one-under through 13 holes and around 10th on the leaderboard. Then he dropped three bogeys in last five holes to slip even as darkness forced early finish with 14 players still on the course.

Lahiri hit well with 12 of the 14 fairways and found 13 of the 18 greens, but some missed short putts in windy conditions cost him a lot.

In his first round at the Sony Open, Lahiri hit 12 of 14 fairways and 13 of 18 greens in regulation, finishing at two-over for the tournament. He finished his round at two-over.

Young Collin Morikawa was is lead at five-under, with Ted Potter Jr, Ryan Palmer and Matt Jones tied for second spot at three-under. Morikawa's 65 was the day's only bogey-free score.

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