LIV Golf 2026 Season Player Preview: Anirban Lahiri
Jan 13, 2026 - 12:00 PMWritten by: Matt Vincenzi
The 2026 LIV Golf season starts in February under the lights in Riyadh, and in the next few months, we’ll take a detailed look at each player competing next season. Next up is a player with five LIV Golf runner-up finishes, Crushers GC's Anirban Lahiri.
LOOKING AHEAD
Lahiri has been so close on many occasions to securing his maiden LIV Golf win yet has repeatedly come up just short. The star from India has won seven times throughout his career on multiple tours, and I believe he’s capable of winning on LIV Golf if he gets another chance.
Lahiri will need to produce another strong season if Crushers GC is to challenge the dominant Legion XIII again in 2026. The reigning champions will only get better with their young players improving, so it will be crucial for players like Lahiri to have his best stuff going forward. The Crushers have a great deal of team chemistry and camaraderie, which is an underrated aspect of LIV Golf. Lahiri is a leader who's respected in the team room, which is appreciated by Captain Bryson DeChambeau.
LOOKING BACK
Lahiri missed out on the Lock Zone for the first time in his LIV Golf career, falling just a single spot short of the top 24. Lahiri once again demonstrated why he remains a dependable, steady presence for the Crushers and provides the kind of reliable anchor at the back of the lineup that most LIV Golf teams would love to have. While his individual LIV journey has been undeniably strong, it has also been marked by repeated near misses and heartbreak. After several agonizing close calls across his first three seasons, including five runner-up finishes, Lahiri suffered another at LIV Golf Virginia. He held a two-stroke lead through 36 holes only to finish a single shot behind the eventual winner, Joaquin Niemann.
He’s got that clutch gene 👀 pic.twitter.com/LUUxowiMDr
— Crushers GC (@Crushers_GC) October 14, 2024
WHAT THE STATS SAY
Strengths: Lahiri’s biggest strength in 2025 was his short game. He ranked 12th in Strokes Gained: Around the Green and 21st in Strokes Gained: Putting. This led to a scrambling rate of 62%, which ranked in the top third of the league.
Lahiri is a solid player off the tee. In 2025, he ranked 24th in the league in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee. He is slightly below average in driving distance but slightly above average in driving accuracy.
Lahiri ranked 26th in Strokes Gained: Approach but he was especially impressive with his long irons. He ranked 12th in Strokes Gained: Approach on shots from 225+ yards.
Weaknesses: Lahiri’s approach play was above league average due to his short and long approach shots, but his medium approach shots (150-225 yards) were abysmal. He ranked 47th in the category, losing an average of –0.21 strokes per round. Given the plurality of approach shots come from this range, it’s a weakness that he’ll need to address going forward.
Lahiri ranked in the bottom third of the league in sand saves, getting up-and-down from the bunker at only a 46% clip.
CAREER RESULTS
LIV GOLF REGULAR SEASON
Year Team Starts Rounds 1nd 2nd 3rd Total Top 10 Top 24s
2022 Crushers GC 4 12 0 1 0 2 3
2023 Crushers GC 12 36 0 2 1 3 7
2024 Crushers GC 13 39 0 1 0 4 7
2025 Crushers GC 13 39 0 1 0 2 7
Total 42 125 0 5 1 11 24
TOTAL TROPHIES WON (9)
Indiv. Reg Season Wins: 0
Team Regular Season Wins: 8
Indiv. Champ.: 0
Team Champ.: 1
LIV GOLF CAREER SCORING
Stroke Average Total: 69.51
Round 1 Average: 69.44
Round 2 Average: 69.55
Round 3 Average: 69.43
Lowest Round: 64
BOTTOM LINE
Lahiri is the definition of reliability, having posted seven top-24 finishes in each of the last three LIV Golf seasons. For Crushers GC, he remains a cornerstone player, someone the team can count on to deliver steady points week in and week out while still possessing the quality to push into individual contention one to three times per season.