Shubhankar’s Junior Golf initiative
Following a successful inaugural season, the second edition of the Shubhankar Sharma All India Junior Invitational Series will be played in 2022. The series will hold its first qualifier at Ambala in Punjab on April 9-10 for juniors in categories A, B, C, D, E and Amateur category (18 & Above). From there shortlisted players […]
Asian Games 2022 – Pros or Ams ?
As we reported in January, the 2022 Asian Games has added a new element to the golf event by following the Olympics and allowing professionals to compete from now on. But unlike the Olympics, where selection is based purely on the professional world golf rankings, the Asian Games has not set criteria for selection. Instead, […]
5 golfers identified as medal hopefuls
As a benefit from Aditi Ashok’s recent heroics at the Tokyo Olympics, for the first time, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has added 5 golfers to its schemes. Olympians Aditi Ashok, Anirban Lahiri, and Diksha Dagar have been named alongside various athletes in other disciplines who will receive support […]
Four Indians make cut at US$5 million Saudi International
4 Indians creditably made the cut but finished lower down in the rankings in a star studded field which included the likes of Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Shauffele, Patrick Cantlay and many others at the US$ 5mn Saudi International. Sharma opened promisingly with rounds of 67 and 71, but scores of 75 & 69 […]
Shubhankar Sharma struggles in Dubai
Shubhankar Sharma failed to build on his strong performance in Abu Dhabi, where he tied for second. Playing in his second event of the 2022 DP World Tour season, the 25-year-old shot 72-72-76-76 (8-over 296) to finish 75th at the US$ 8mn Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai. However, thanks to […]
Shubhankar 2nd in Abu Dhabi
India’s star performer on the European Tour, Shubhankar Sharma, started his year with a bang, finishing tied second on Sunday at the US$8 million Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, just one shot behind the winner Thomas Pieters of Belgium. But for a bogey on the 17th, he could have forced a playoff and had Indian fans […]
Eighteen Indian Pros to compete in Singapore this week
The relaunched Asian Tour is in Singapore this week for the penultimate event of its 2020-2021 season – The US$ 1mn Singapore International at Tanah Merah Country Club to be played from Jan. 13 to 16. A total of 20 Indian pros had originally entered the tournament, including Shiv Kapur, Shubhankar Sharma, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rashid […]
Udayan Mane wins PGTI Tour Championship and tops Order of Merit
On an exciting final day at the ₹1.5 crore Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur, Udayan Mane outlasted two-time European Tour winner Shubhankar Sharma and a charging Rashid Khan down the stretch to claim the title by one shot. Mane began the final round tied Sharma at 15-under, with Khan seven shots back at 8-under. […]
Sharma misses out on European Tour finale
Shubhankar Sharma, who’s enjoyed a strong second half of the season in Europe shot 70-72 (-2) to miss the cut by 3 at the Aviv Dubai Championship, and narrowly missed out on a top 60 place in the Tour rankings which would have got him into the US$ 9mn DP World Tour Championship scheduled from […]
Shubhankar tees up for Charity
Shubhankar Sharma who has enjoyed a stellar run in the past 3 months in Europe returned to India after several months and appeared at The Purple Cup charity tournament at KGA in Bangalore on Oct. 21 supported by Brookfield Properties in partnership with Enable India. The charity works on disability inclusion and the event raised […]