What's in the bag - Anirban Lahiri

An infallible week of straight driving and clinical approach play, supplemented by a red hot putter, secured Anirban Lahiri his debut European Tour win at last week’s Maybank Malaysian Open.

The statistics for the Kuala Lumpur-based tournament confirmed the Indian’s overall efficiency, with virtually no weakness highlighted.

The 27 year old Bangalore native, who came through Qualifying School just three months ago, was arrow straight off the tee and hit an impressive 71.2 per cent of the fairways - the 16^thbest in the field for that category. This statistic is made even more notable when you also consider Lahiri’s length from the tee box, which averaged a not inconsiderable 291.9 yards.

As Lahiri swapped driver for irons, he became even more proficient and missed a remarkably small number of Greens in Regulation at Kuala Lumpur Golf Club. In fact the new World Number 37 only failed to find 23.6 per cent of the putting surfaces in regulation, a stat which rendered him sixth most successful in that area in Malaysia.

Once on the dance floor, Lahiri putted like a man possessed and averaged a fine 1.656 putts per GiR - tenth best in that category - and 28.5 putts per round.

From placing his ball on the tee peg to plucking it from the hole, Lahiri displayed the ruthless reliability of a deserving champion.

Here’s what was in his bag:

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