Anirban Lahiri

The top five finish on Sunday capped a memorable week in Wisconsin for Lahiri, whose performance catapulted him to 38th in the world golf ranking.

He also won the PGA of America's pre-tournament long-drive contest on the Tuesday, hitting a 327-yard drive that won him a traditional gold money clip and a $25,000 charitable donation in his name.

His performance set multiple records for an Indian golfer; he became the first Indian to shoot sub-par scores in all four rounds in a major, his total of 13-under was the best relative to par by an Indian at any major and his five-under 67 in the second round was also the best round by an Indian at any major.

He was the highest-ranked player in the Finals, 40th at the start of the four-event tournament.

Lahiri only played in the first two events, but earned enough for a PGA Tour card.

He made it a most memorable outing, first by making the cut (68-72) and then with a hole-in-one at the par-3 9th hole in the third round en route to a T31 finish.

He made the cut at his first appearance and ended the tournament with scores of 71-75-74-72 on his four rounds, leaving him tied for 49th with Jason Dufner.

Despite a bogey at the 72nd hole, Lahiri finished in a tie for fifth place in the tournament and set a new record for the highest finish by an Indian professional golfer in a major.

Anirban Lahiri (born 29 June 1987) is an Indian professional golfer.

He has played on the Asian Tour, European Tour, PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

Lahiri joined the Asian Tour in 2008.

Lahiri has also had a lot of success on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he has won eleven events and the Order of Merit in 2009.

He picked up his first victory in 2011 at the Panasonic Open and his second victory in 2012 at the SAIL-SBI Open.

The big break came for him when qualified for his maiden major tournament – the 2012 Open Championship at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire.

He finished 3rd on the Order of Merit in 2013.

He was awarded the 2014 Arjuna Award and was also the recipient of the "Sera Bangali" award in 2015, given by the Anandabazar Patrika.

Lahiri hails from a Bengali family.

He learned to play golf at the age of eight from his father, Dr. Tushar Lahiri, who was a physician with the armed forces and a recreational golfer.

His best finish on the Order of Merit came in 2014 with his maiden overseas win on the Asian Tour - CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters which he later followed up with another one at the Venetian Macau Open.

Lahiri broke into the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in March 2014 following a consistent season which included two victories on the Asian Tour.

In February 2015, Lahiri claimed his first official win on the European Tour at the Maybank Malaysian Open, with a one stroke victory over Bernd Wiesberger.

He shot a 10-under-par round of 62 during the third round to position himself going into the final day and came from four shots behind to prevail by one shot.

Later the same month, Lahiri won his second event on the European Tour in his home country of India, at the Hero Indian Open.

He came from seven strokes behind in the final round to force a playoff with Shiv Chawrasia, which he won with a birdie on the first extra hole.

The two wins shot Lahiri into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking qualifying him for the 2015 Masters Tournament.

He was labelled as a "rookie to watch" and the "new face of Indian golf."

He is the third Indian national to play in the Masters, after Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal.

In August 2015 at the PGA Championship which took place at Whistling Straits, Lahiri posted rounds of 70-67-70-68 for a score of −13.

Lahiri was named to the 2015 Presidents Cup squad, the first player from India to earn the honor.

Lahiri attempted to qualify for the PGA Tour through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals after earning enough non-member points to qualify.

He notched his first top-10 of the 2016 PGA Tour season with a T-6 finish at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational.

Lahiri also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a spot in the field of 60 players to compete at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro.

He also led for the first time after 54 holes in a PGA Tour event during the CIMB Classic in 2017, finishing T-3.

He would go on to achieve his best PGA Tour finish of T-2 at the 2017 Memorial Tournament.

Lahiri was once again named in the 2017 Presidents Cup team.

Lahiri finished the 2017 PGA Tour season finishing a career high 51st in the FedEx Cup standings.

In the 2018 PGA Tour season, Lahiri shot his lowest round on the PGA Tour, a 61 at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier.

His best finish was a T-5 at the CJ Cup in the 2018 PGA Tour season.

Anirban struggled in the 2019 season and ended up losing his PGA Tour card by finishing outside the top 125 of the FedEx Cup.

He gained his PGA Tour card back for the 2020 season through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals by finishing 10th in the overall standing.