Rio-bound Lahiri tied 22nd at British Open

The 29-year-old ace golfer is now six shots behind the superb card of eight-under 63 by veteran Phil Mickelson.

Lahiri had a fine start with three birdies against one bogey in first six holes. But with his putter not doing his bidding, Lahiri was unable to make the benign and good scoring conditions count, as he missed a lot of makeable putts.

"I think I played pretty good but left a few opportunities out there on the back nine. It was a good day to score, the wind died down. I had a few good looks but didn't convert. I'm a bit disappointed with not shooting a couple under on the back nine but I'm quite happy with the way I played as I found a lot of fairways especially on a lot of the tighter holes and found a lot of greens, Lahiri said.

"That's a good sign hopefully," said Lahiri, who is making his fourth appearance at The Open. He added he was pleased that he stayed focused and did not w despite the frustration of seeing birdie putts not dropping. I hit a couple of good putts early on. Two was a good one for me and I made a good save on three after finding the fairway bunker. That felt like a birdie," he added.

Lahiri's best at an Open is Tied-30 last year and his best in a Major is Tied-fifth at the 2015 PGA Championship. At the top, Mickelson came close to golfing history when he lipped out a birdie attempt on 18 for a first ever 62 in a Major.