Anirban Lahiri closed his 2017 PGA season with a superb five-under 66, which saw him end the third leg of FedExCup Play-offs with a Top-10 finish at the BMW Championships, PTI reported.

Lahiri, who opened the 2017 season, which began last October with a tied-3rd at the CIMB Classic in Malaysia, closed with another top-10 finish and ended 51st in the final rankings.

While that was not enough to take him to the Tour Championships next week, it does put him in a great frame for the upcoming President’s Cup in 10 days time.

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Lahiri, who had rounds of 67-71-68-66 was 12-under for the week in tied-9th place finish. It was his third Top-10 of the season, after T-3 at CIMB and T-2 at the Memorial.

Marc Leishman, who started the day five shots clear of the field, was reduced to two clear of Justin Rose with four holes to go. But the Australian then sank birdies on 15th, 16th and 18th as Rose failed to add any more to his birdie count.

After weeks of struggling with his putting, Lahiri showed signs of some return to form, though he still missed a lot of manageable putts inside 10 feet and some under five feet.

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“It does feel great to go to the Presidents Cup with a good result at an event like the third leg of the FedExCup Play-offs,” said Lahiri.

“Getting into the BMW Championships as the last man, and then getting a call from Nick (Price) for the Presidents Cup, this latest Top-10 is indeed a great run and I want to make the most of it at Liberty National (at Presidents Cup).”

Lahiri began aggressively with some excellent play and some huge putts. He birdied the first, third, fifth and sixth, but dropped a shot on second. On the back nine, he birdied the 15th and 16th for a five-under 66.

The highlight was the fifth and sixth, where he sank birdies from 33 feet and 48 feet, which would have done wonders for his confidence on the greens.