This was nonetheless an impressive return to form for the seasoned pro as he walked away with a career-best USD 2.18 million in earnings.
After an encouraging 65 on day one, Lahiri carded rounds of 70-72-71 to finish the week at 6-under as the course.
Despite losing valuable time, tournaments and physical strength after contracting the COVID-19 infection, Lahiri did exceedingly to qualify for the Olympics.
Lahiri finished the week at 5-under and needed a Top-10 finish to get into the second event of the BMW Championship in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
A tired Anirban Lahiri endured a wild ride in the third round of The Northern Trust, compiling a level par 71 to drop to T-60th from overnight T-38th in New Jersey.
The 34-year-old, who qualified for the first of three Playoffs events in 121st position, needs to jump inside the top-70 this week and his cause was helped with a solid showing amidst swirly conditions at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey.
Speaking ahead of The Northern Trust, a PGA Tour event beginning August 19 at the Liberty National Golf Course here, Lahiri said, "There's a whole conversation about public courses and public driving ranges.
Lahiri finished 42nd (shared), while Mane finished 56th out of the 60 golfers in the men's competition at Tokyo Olympics.
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Lahiri, 4-under on first day, was one of the 16 golfers who were yet to finish their rounds and was tied 20th at the time of suspension of play
The former Asian Tour No. 1 Hero Lahiri had six birdies against two bogeys and was shared the 8th spot with Paul Casey (Great Britain) Alex Noren (Sweden) and Sebastian Munoz (Mexico) at the end of the day.
With 60 players in the field and no cut being applied, Lahiri, who is coming off a top-3 finish on the PGA Tour, knows he has the game to spring a surprise or two.
Lahiri, who had three birdies and one birdie on his first nine, the front stretch of the TPC Deere Run, had three bogeys against one birdie on the second nine.
India was eligible for one spot and Lahiri was the highest-placed in the latest official world golf rankings at the 340th position.
The Indian competed at The Players Championships four times. He missed the cut thrice, while finished Tied 74th in the 2019 edition.
Lahiri, who has made Florida his base since he started playing on the currently-suspended PGA Tour, the world's biggest and strongest professional golf circuit, has seldom spent as much time in India, as he has now.
It is his last chance to grab a PGA Tour card and he will likely need a sole sixth place to join Anirban Lahiri, who has already assured himself a card.
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