Anirban lahiri, returning to action after sitting out of two sessions, played his heart out but could not get the putter going in the Four-Ball in the fourth session of the Presidents Cup.
With his partner, Adam Scott, who was paired with a fourth different partner in three days, also saddled with a cold putter, and the duo lost 3&2 to a pumped-up veteran Phil Mickelson and an in-form Zach Johnson.
The South African duo, Branden Grace and louis Oosthuizen won their fourth successive match, the Internationals ensured a 2-2 result for the session.
The other match saw Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed come from being 1-down after six holes and win 3&2 with a masterful performance on the back nine.
In morning session, the two teams were locked 2-2 with a win each for both and two matches were Halved in the Foursomes and in the afternoon, both teams won two games each. So, the score after three days, four sessions and 18 matches is tight at 9 ½ to 8 ½.
lahiri said: “Obviously I’m disappointed with the way I played, though I was playing pretty well on the front nine. But I just could not get the putts to fall. Pretty much, every time I had a look at a birdie, I missed except at 10th.”
On the 10th, the ball dropped after hitting the rim quite hard. Unfortunately for the Indian, even Scott had an off-day with the putter. lahiri, said “Adam played well, but it was a case of cold putter with him, too.”
“I’ve not been anywhere near even my ‘B’ game in terms of putting. Tomorrow is another day and if I can get one or two (putts) to go in, I should be fine and I think my game is not far from that,” he concluded.