Lahiri makes solid start with two-under, lies 13th in Texas

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri had an eventful second nine after a solid first nine at the Charles Schwab Challenge as he carded two-under 68 to be placed tied 13th at the end of the first round here.

Lahiri was four shots behind leader Tony Finau, who did not find many fairways, but found a lot of greens as he carded six-under 64.

Lahiri was among those playing in the morning when the conditions were better than afternoon as temperatures reached 90 and the wind was a steady 20 miles per hour. Of the 12 players atop the leaderboard, 11 played in the morning.

Jordan Spieth and Roger Sloan were tied for second spot at five-under and Lahiri's playing partner, Peter Uihlein, J J Henry, Scott Brown, Chesson Hadley, Jonas Blixt, Nick Watney, Trey Mullinax, Jimmy Walker, and Jason Dufner were bunched together at fourth position at three-under.

Lahiri found only six of the 14 fairways but hit 12 of the 18 greens and then putted way better than he has in recent weeks.

His iron play was what ...