Even as Anirban lahiri is completely focused on doing duty for the International Team at the President's Cup beginning on Thursday, his card and status for the PGA Tour for 2016 was confirmed on Sunday at the end of the Web.Com Final Series.
The Indian ace, who skipped the last two events of the four-event finals, finished in the Top-25 of the Money list compiled for the Four event finals and joined the Top-25 earners from the regular season.
Currently lahiri, winner of two Asia-European Tour events at Malaysian Open and Hero Indian Open, is in Incheon in the Internationals team, which takes on United States in the President's Cup. lahiri skipped the last two events of the Web.Com Final series to get rest and get set for the biennial team event.
lahiri, who made US $ 49,750 from his two appearances, in which he finished T-sixth and T-16th, was 16th in the Finals list after removing six players, who had already ensured their card by finishing in Top-25 of the regular season. "I felt I had done the job after the second event," lahiri had said on arrival in Incheon for the President's Cup, where he becomes the first Indian to play for the International Team.
lahiri now becomes third Indian after Arjun Atwal and Jeev Milkha Singh to hold a PGA Tour card.