Shubhankar in Switzerland
Pro Golf – European Tour After starting the final round in 9th place, Shubhankar Sharma at 7-under par was just three strokes behind the leaders and looked to be in for a strong final day finish. However he sadly dropped 6 shots in his first four holes, for a 1 under finish in 50th place […]
Sharma finishes 9th in UK
Pro Golf – European Tour Shubhankar Sharma continued his recent fine run of form in Europe finishing tied-9th with scores of 70-71-68-68 (11-under 277), five shots behind the winner. The final round four-under 68 saw Sharma post four birdies on his front-nine and was in the mix for the title, but the much tougher back-nine […]
Sharma finishes 16th at Hero Open
Pro Golf – European Tour The new US$ 1.5mn Hero Open at Fairmont, St. Andrews, Scotland saw 5 Indians in the field. It was 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma, who played solidly, finishing tied-16th with rounds of 67-67-73-67 for a total of 14-under 274. Shubhankar was close to being in contention towards the end of Rd 3 […]
All three Indians make the cut in Northern Ireland
Pro Golf – European Tour/Ladies European Tour It was a good week on the European Tour as all three Indian boys in the field made the halfway cut at the US$ 1.5mn World Invitational at Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland. Shubhankar Sharma, led the way with a 4-under total of 276 to finish tied-30th . […]
Shubhankar shoots 63 in Wales
Pro Golf – European Tour 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma from Chandigarh, had a splendid final day run by shooting 63 after rounds of 70-71-77 to end with a total of 3-under 281) for a tied-32nd finish at the US$1.5 mn Cazoo Open at Celtic Manor in Wales. His final round 63 consisted of an eagle and […]
Hero to sponsor European Tour event at St. Andrews
European Tour As was done in 2020, Hero Motocorp will sponsor a European Tour event in 2021. The US$ 1.5mn Hero Open, an event introduced by the European Tour is all set to be played at Fairmont St. Andrews from August 5-8, just 5 miles away from the historic Old Course at St Andrews Links, […]
Indian pros miss cuts in Europe, USA
Pro Golf After last week’s successes, the past week saw missed cuts on the LPGA, European and PGA Tours. Aditi Ashok shot rounds of 71-72 (1-over 142) to miss the cut by 1 stroke in Ohio while Lahiri shot rounds of 71-71 (even-par 142) and Arjun Atwal shot 71-69 (140) to miss the cut line […]
IGU nominations for National Sports Awards
Recognition The Indian Golf Union (IGU) has nominated 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Udayan Mane, Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan & LET winner Diksha Dagar for the Arjuna Award. Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian winner on the European Tour when he claimed the US$ 1.1mn Joburg Open in […]
Sharma, Bhullar make cuts in Ireland
Pro Golf – European Tour Former European Tour winners 24-year-old Shubhankar Sharma, and Gaganjeet Bhullar, 33, made cuts at the US$ 4.1mn Irish Open. Sharma shot 74-67-72-72 (3-under 285) to finish tied-56th and Bhullar shot 71-68-70-80 (1-over 289) to finish tied-66th, dropping 45 spots in his disappointing final round, which he started in 21st […]
Sandhu makes cut in Germany
Pro Golf – European Tour Chandigarh’s Ajeetesh Sandhu, 32, shot 72-70-75 (1-over 217) to finish tied-29th at last week’s 54 hole US$1.4mn Porsche European Open in Hamburg, Germany which finished last Monday, thereby adding US$11,000 (₹8 lakhs) to his kitty. This is Sandhu’s best finish of the current European Tour season, in which he has […]