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rban Lahiri hopes simplifying his golf swing and thoughts will finally land him a PGA TOUR victory. The 33-year-old Indian fired a second successive 3-under 69 in the third round at the Texas Open on Saturday to move up three rungs to fifth place on 7-under 209, giving him a legitimate crack at the title.Jordan Spieth and Matt Wallace share the lead on 12-under following matching 67s, with Charley Hoffman, a winner here five years ago, two back in third place. After taking last week off, Lahiri has shown marked improvements with his ball-striking that he ended his round feeling like he should have been a couple of shots closer to the lead. He missed several putts from inside of 12 feet but was still upbeat after plodding his way around TPC San Antonio with four birdies on Hole Nos. 4, 11, 14, and 17 against a lone bogey."I am really happy with the way I played. I think this is the most solid I have played tee to green in a while. I felt really calm and, you know, I kind of knew what I was doing and it is really nice. I do feel like I left quite a few shots out there. I hit it really well. So yeah, I think I would have liked to be maybe two, three shots better, but still got a look at it tomorrow. If I can go out and do the same things I did today, maybe make a couple more, it would be nice to get in the hunt," said Lahiri.Entering the week, Lahiri ranked 150th on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green but the two-time Presidents Cup International Team member has been working hard on simplifying his swing thoughts with a long-time coach Vijay Divecha, who lives in India. Through three rounds, he ranks 30th in the stat category, and seventh in putting."I know the results have not shown it, but I know I have been getting better. My ball-striking has not been anywhere near my usual standards. I think I just got down to it with my coach. We have been doing a lot of work back and forth and just trying to simplify things. I think I was making things more complicated than they need to be and I think that's been the key this week. A golf course like this is really good if you can have good strategies and that is really helped me."Since making his PGA TOUR debut in 2016, Lahiri, a seven-time winner in Asia, has come close on a few occasions to joining countryman Arjun Atwal as a winner on the world's premier golf circuit. He holds a career-best finish of T2 at the Memorial Tournament in 2017 but has largely struggled this year with five missed cuts in seven starts.With Spieth chasing a 12th PGA TOUR win and his first since 2017 and Wallace hunting for a maiden title, Lahiri knows he needs a solid performance to stay in the mix on the back nine Sunday. "I mean, there is a lot of good players. I am just going to have to come out with a clear plan on which holes to attack, which holes to kind of be maybe a little more conservative. The idea is just to, you know when you start coming back towards the clubhouse when you get to 15, you want to have a shot at it. And quite honestly, that is my goal. You know, on the homeward stretch, if I can give myself a look, I am pretty sure I can get it done."Korea's KH Lee sits in T21 on 3-under after a 70 in the third round while Si Woo Kim, Sung Kang, and Hideki Matsuyama are a further shot back following rounds of 70, 72, and 73 respectively.Action from Valero Texas Open - Day 4 will be LIVE on EUROSPORT and EUROSPORT HD.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Anirban Lahiri hopes simplifying his golf swing and thoughts will finally land him a PGA TOUR victory. The 33-year-old Indian fired a second successive 3-under 69 in the third round at the Texas Open on Saturday to move up three rungs to fifth place ...