Anirban Lahiri Buys Home In Palm Beach Gardens

Palm Beach Gardens, FL …

When India's Anirban Lahiri remarked he was feeling 'right at home' at this week's Honda Classic he meant what he was saying.

India's top-ranked player posted round of 65 and 68 for a seven under par tally on the PGA National Champions Course here at Palm Beach Gardens.

Lahiri and his wife have been residents at the nearby Bears Club since last April and with the current World No. 81 ranked player grateful to Jack Nicklaus in approving of Lahiri's membership.

"I'm based out of The Bear's Club and with Mr. Nicklaus nice enough to allow me membership there, so I spend most of my time there," he said.

Where Lahiri calls home - The Bears Club.

Where Lahiri calls home in the US – The Bears Club.

"They have got a great practice facility that nobody disturbs you. You can go out there and do whatever you like. There's a bunch of us there. But the funny thing is, not a lot of us are there simultaneously. Everybody has their own schedules. When I took time off, a lot of guys were there. When I came back, a lot of guys were taking time off. You always find four or five of us there at some point in time or the other.

"There's always guys to play with, but like I said, I'm not someone who plays a lot of golf. I think we play enough rounds of golf through the year.

"If I'm playing 30 weeks, that's plenty of golf, but not enough time on the range and not enough time to just step away and actually work on the game. So,that's what I like to do.

"But we've only probably spent 3 1/2, four months as I got injured around August last year, so I was home for about four weeks, simply because I was injured.

Anirban Lahiri moves into contention on day two of the Honda Classic with scores of 65 and 67. (Photo - www.golfbytourmiss.com)

Anirban Lahiri moves into contention on day two of the Honda Classic with scores of 65 and 67. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)

"Then I decided to spend the entire off-season back over here, so I was here in Florida all of December, early January, before leaving for Hawaii".

And Lahiri is no stranger to living on a golf course estate and indicating his base back in India is on the Eagleton Resort estate some 30 klms from Bangalore.

"We decided to get a little two-bedroom on site at Eagleton so that I could do the same thing," he said.

Lahiri's second day began with nine straight pars before picking up three birdies in a five-hole stretch ahead of his only dropped shot at the seven.

"I'm really relaxed this week and it helps that I'm sleeping in my own bed. It's three minutes to get to the venue," he said.

"I'm loving the weather here. It's really nice. I'm really relaxed."

And Lahiri's effort was a marked turnaround to a week ago when back spasms and also four 4am wake-up calls took their toll in posting a third day 76 on route to finishing near the tail of the field in the Genesis Open.

"Last week was a bit of a mess, just in terms of the weather. I had four wake-up calls at 4:00 A.M. I was trying to get over a 16-hour time difference," he said.

"I was tired; I was jet-lagged. So, I think this week, the body feels a lot better. Definitely more on time. Like I said, eating home food, sleeping in your own bed, makes a big difference, and it's just nice. The weather's great and it feels really nice to back here."