Anirban Lahiri, who made the cut at the Dell Technology Championship, was unable to continue with the positive momentum as he carded two-over 73 and slipped to tied-53^rd.

 

 

                      Anirban Lahiri needs a great game to qualify for the third leg of the Play-offs

 

Lahiri, who is now two-over 215 for three rounds, needs to finish inside tied-41 to be able to qualify for the third leg of the Play-offs. Earlier, Lahiri missed the cut at the Northern Trust, the first of the four events, which will end with the Tour Championships featuring the Top-30 players.

 

The Indian was 66th on the FedExCup standings going into the second round and needs to be 70 or better. Lahiri was going great guns at the start and was three-under, but then courted disaster. He bogeyed sixth, double bogeyed seventh and bogeyed ninth to turn in one-over 37.

 

On the back nine, he bogeyed 10th and 12th and even a birdie on 18th was small compensation on a wet day at TPC Boston.

 

Meanwhile, PGA champion Justin Thomas ran off eight birdies on a for a tournament-best 63 and that gave him a share of the lead with Marc Leishman going into a Labor Day Monday finish. Leishman, who won at Bay Hill this year, also played bogey-free for a 65 on Sunday to join Thomas at 12-under 201.

 

Eight players were separated by three shots going into the final round, a listed that included Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson, Paul Casey and Jon Rahm.