Anirban Lahiri and Shiv Kapur will be looking to make an impact at The Open Championship when they tee off at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club here on Thursday. It is only the third time that there will be two Indians at the same edition of The Open.
Lahiri, who is playing his fifth Open — the most by any Indian — feels he is well prepared.
“I was keeping an eye on where my world ranking was and was doing my own research to see how far it has gone down the list. I was quietly confident, so mentally I was prepared to play this week about a month ago. That’s why I played in Scotland last week with the intention to play this week.”
Lahiri, who has locked his PGA Tour card for 2018 and also a place in FedEx play-offs, is looking at getting his ranking inside Top-50 once again and also making the Presidents Cup.
Kapur arrived at Birkdale early and got some invaluable practice.
“I’ve played this golf course in two completely different winds so you need to have two strategies rather than one.
“You learn how to combat weather when you play on links courses and most of the time the yardage books go out of play. It is a lot of feel, ball flight control and creativity. You need to use a lot of imagination,” he said.