Shubhankar Sharma
| Shubhankar Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 21 July 1996 |
| Sporting nationality |  India |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2013 |
| Current tour(s) | Asian Tour Professional Golf Tour of India European Tour |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Highest ranking | 64 (11 March 2018)[1] (as of 27 October 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 2 |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Other | 6 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2018 |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2018 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2018 |
| The Open Championship | T51: 2018 |
Shubhankar Sharma (born 21 July 1996) is a professional golfer from India currently playing on the Asian Tour. In December 2017, he recorded his first tour win in the Joburg Open and followed this with a second win at the Maybank Championship in February 2018. He studied at Bal Bhavan School, Bhopal.
Professional career
Turning professional in 2013, Sharma played on the Asian Development Tour in 2014. He also finished fourth in the Panasonic Open India, a 2014 Asian Tour event.[2]
From 2015 to 2017, Sharma played primarily on the Asian Tour. He played in the TAKE Solutions India Masters on the 2015 Asian Development Tour, losing in a playoff to S. Chikkarangappa. The following week he was fourth in the Panasonic Open India on the Asian Tour.[2] In 2016, Sharma finished third in the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open and tied for fourth in the Resorts World Manila Masters and finished 51st in the Order of Merit.[2]
Sharma started 2017 finishing fourth in the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open and in the top-10 in the Maybank Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the European Tour. After these two events in February it was not until November that he showed a return to form with a top-10 finish in the UBS Hong Kong Open, another event co-sanctioned with the European Tour.[3]
Two weeks later he came to more notice in the Joburg Open where a second round of 61, followed by a 65, gave him a five-stroke lead at the start of the last round.[4] The final round was delayed by bad weather but Sharma finished with a 69 for a three-stroke win over Erik van Rooyen. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and the win gave him an entry to the 2018 Open Championship.[5] The win also earned him full membership of the European Tour.
Sharma had a final round 62 to win the Maybank Championship in February 2018, an event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, two ahead of Jorge Campillo.[6] The win lifted him into the world top-100 for the first time. He also took an early lead in the European Tour's Race to Dubai, earning a place in the 2018 WGC-Mexico Championship in March. At the WGC-Mexico Championship Sharma held the lead after the second and third rounds. However, he faltered with a final-round 74 and finished the tournament in a tie for ninth place. It was his first start in a PGA Tour event. Two days after the tournament he received an invitation to play in the Masters Tournament, his first major championship appearance and the fourth Indian to play in the Masters, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri were the previous three to play.[7]
Professional wins (8)
European Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Dec 2017 | Joburg Open1 | −23 (69-61-65-69=264) | 3 strokes |  Erik van Rooyen
|
| 2 | 4 Feb 2018 | Maybank Championship2 | −21 (70-69-66-62=267) | 2 strokes |  Jorge Campillo
|
1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour and Asian Tour.
2 Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.
Asian Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Dec 2017 | Joburg Open1 | −23 (69-61-65-69=264) | 3 strokes | Erik van Rooyen
|
| 2 | 4 Feb 2018 | Maybank Championship2 | −21 (70-69-66-62=267) | 2 strokes | Jorge Campillo
|
1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour and European Tour.
2 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour.
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Dec 2017 | Joburg Open1 | −23 (69-61-65-69=264) | 3 strokes | Erik van Rooyen
|
1 Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.
Professional Golf Tour of India wins (6)
- 2014 PGTI Cochin Masters
- 2016 PGTI Players Championship, Kolkata Classic, Tata Open
- 2017 TAKE Open Golf Championship, McLeod Russel Tour Championship
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship | T51 |
| PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Mexico Championship | T9 |
| Match Play | T59 |
| Bridgestone Invitational | T69 |
| HSBC Champions |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Team appearances
References
- ^ "Week 10 2018 Ending 11 Mar 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Shubhankar Sharma Profile". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Shubhankar Sharma Career Highlights". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Sharma storms ahead in Johannesburg". European Tour. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Sharma romps to maiden win at Joburg Open". European Tour. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Shubhankar Sharma wins Maybank Championship with final-round 62". ESPN. Associated Press. 4 February 2018.
- ^ Beall, Joel (6 March 2018). "Augusta National extends Masters special exemption to India's Shubhankar Sharma". Golf Digest. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
External links
- Shubhankar Sharma at the European Tour official site
- Shubhankar Sharma at the Asian Tour official site
- Shubhankar Sharma at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Profile on PGTI's official site