Lahiri, who earned his card for 2015 through the European Tour Qualifying
School Dubai points for the year.
Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, the world number three, won
the Race to Dubai
title with a tally of 4,727,253 points.
The 28-year-old Anirban took the world of golf by storm this
year with two wins and five other top-10s worldwide to climb as high as 33 in
the world rankings.
The Bengaluru lad appeared at all four Majors and made his
presence felt at the British Open with a tied 30th finish before his phenomenal
top-5 at the PGA Championship.
Lahiri, who recently became the first Indian to play in the
International Team at the Presidents Cup, has had a power-packed 2015 season,
having made an impact across three continents.
The Indian star not only posted top results in Europe and
the United States
but also dominated the Asian Tour in 2015. He has all but sealed the Asian Tour
Order of Merit race as he leads the money list by an unassailable margin of
over US$600,000.
Lahiri has amassed record earnings of US$1,139,084 during
the 2015 Asian Tour season to set the stage for his ascendancy to the status of
Asia no. 1 for the first time.
Anirban, having earned his PGA Tour card recently, will now
make the progression from Europe to the United States next season.
The Indian quartet of SSP Chawrasia (113th), Shiv Kapur
(126th), Jeev Milkha Singh (133rd) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (210th), finished
outside the top-110 in the European Tour Race to Dubai rankings which was the
cut-off for the exemption.
Press release
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