It was not the kind of birthday Anirban Lahiri was looking forward to as he suffered two double bogeys and three other bogeys en route to a four-over 74 in the second round of the Quicken Loans National here.
Lahiri, who had a fine three-under 67 on first day, needed pars on his last three holes to survive and make the cut.
Lahiri did manage to make the cut on the line at one-over 141 in Tied-66 and will now be looking at a strong final two rounds to make it a meaningful week.
Beau Hossler, who was runner-up last week at the Travelers Championship, fired a four-under 66 to get into a share of the lead with Ryan Armour (65) and Brian Gay (64).
Starting the day at three-under, Lahiri celebrated his 31st birthday with a birdie on 10th, his first hole of the day.
A birdie on 14th augured well, before he bogeyed 15th and 16th. He made amends on Par-3 17th with another birdie and turned in 1-under.
But on the second nine, he messed up a bunker shot and then missed a three-footer as he ended with a double on par-3 third.
On the next, the fourth, he missed a 10-footer for par and on sixth, he put his second shot into water. By the time he holed out, he had a second double in a matter of four holes.
Despite the catastrophic run, he did well to ensure pars on last three and make the cut.
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