The 22-year-old golfer is the fifth and the youngest Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
Anirban Lahiri is going the full distance in terms of preparation and soaking in the atmosphere as he plays the pre-event traditional Par-3 which opens the official action at the Masters each year.
Woods, who finished one stroke behind Casey, lamented a "couple of putts here and there" that could have led to his 80th PGA Tour victory.
India's Shubhankar Sharma surprised a few people, but not himself, as he upstaged the biggest names in golf for a two-shot halfway lead at the WGC-Mexico Championship on Friday.
Englishman Danny Willett will be a big winner in the final world rankings of the year, to be issued next week, by narrowly punching his ticket to the 2015 Masters.
Spain's Sergio Garcia ended nearly two decades of major disappointment when he beat England's Justin Rose in a playoff to win the US Masters on Sunday, donning the Green Jacket on what would have been the 60th birthday of his hero, the late Seve Ballesteros.
Is second youngest Masters winner after Tiger Woods
Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, conjured up seven birdies, including two at the last two holes, in a day's best round of 67.
Anirban Lahiri battled tough weather conditions and somewhat inconsistent breaks in the second round as he made the cut for the weekend at the prestigious Augusta Masters.
The Indian golfing sensation has firmly set his eyes on making the International team which will face a Tiger Woods-led United States team in the Presidents Cup next year.
Anirban Lahiri will fulfil a childhood dream when he makes his US Masters debut this week at the fabled Augusta National and the world number 34 is determined not to lose his way in the golfing "temple".
The 21-year-old Indian's performance at the World Golf Championships has made the golfing world sit up and take notice.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A list of some of sport's greatest comebacks after Tiger Woods ended an 11-year major championship drought with victory at The Masters on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy will do jigsaw puzzles to kill the time before the opening round at the Masters on Thursday, but finding the final piece to a career grand slam is upper-most on the Northern Irishman's mind.
Golf's major championships threw their support behind the sport's return to the Olympics on Monday, offering exemptions for men's and women's gold medal winners this year to all grand slam events.
Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy are the three clear favourites for the year's first major championship.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
This year's Masters could make the difference between Tiger Woods winning several more major titles or perhaps ending his career stuck on his current tally of 14, according to Hall of Fame golfer Johnny Miller.
'All is forgiven dear Tiger, wear your red shirt on day four and come back home to the Winner's Circle now.'
After 260 years of exclusion, women will be allowed to join the Royal and Ancient golf club after an overwhelming members' vote on Thursday opened the doors to the famous St Andrews clubhouse and a role in the governance of the game.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Given the depth of his descent into a dark, cavernous hole that has swallowed so many child stars, Tiger's greatest victory was not in golf but rather in his journey back into the light. An exclusive excerpt from the fascinating new book, Tiger Woods.
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