It’s not very often that professional golfers of India find themselves in the middle of an inevitable spotlight. But this time India’s Golf icons like Anirban Lahiri and Rahil Gangjee ensured that they pack a punch and garner headlines with their game, grit and power.

                                                      Anirban Lahiri still in with a chance at Wyndham, lies 11th

Anirban Lahiri recovered from a bad start to card two-under 68 on the third day of the Wyndham Championships in Greensboro. Lahiri, who dropped from overnight Tied-9th to Tied-11th, is now 11-under in the PGA Tour’s last regular-season event of the season.

Lahiri is still five shots behind the leader, Henrik Stenson (66), who kept his nose ahead of Kevin Na (65), Ollie Schneiderjans (66) and Webb Simpson (68). Stenson is 16-under, while the threesome following him is at 15-under.

While Lahiri is making waves at the Wyndham Championships, Rahil Gangjee rounded off the week at the Fiji International with an even par 72 and finished in tied 20th place in Fiji.

                 Rahil Gangjee, who was in the running for a top-10, had three bogeys and two birdies in his 72

Gangjee fell from 10th overnight. The other Indian who made the cut, Shubhankar Sharma, shot a second successive 69 to finish tied-24th, up from 36th.

Gangjee, who was in the running for a top-10, had three bogeys and two birdies in his 72, while Sharma shot a bogey free 69.

The trends indicate that coming years will be very fruitful for Golf as a sport in India.