Shubhankar Sharma

Shubhankar Sharma (born 21 July 1996) is a professional golfer from India. 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 Bhawan School, Bhopal.

Shubhankar Sharma
Sharma after winning Professional Golf Tour of India's 2017 Tour Championship
Personal information
Born (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996
Jhansi, India
Nationality India
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s)Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins8
Highest ranking64 (11 March 2018)[1]
(as of 31 January 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour2
Sunshine Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2018
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2018
U.S. OpenCUT: 2018
The Open ChampionshipT51: 2018, 2019
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year		2018
Asian Tour
Order of Merit		2018

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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 11 Dec 2017
(2018 season)		 Joburg Open1,2 −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

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 11 Dec 2017 Joburg Open1,2 −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

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the 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

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 20182019
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T51 T51
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20182019
Championship T9 T60
Match Play T59
Invitational T69
Champions T69
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

References
  1. "Week 10 2018 Ending 11 Mar 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Shubhankar Sharma Profile". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. "Shubhankar Sharma Career Highlights". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. "Sharma storms ahead in Johannesburg". European Tour. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. "Sharma romps to maiden win at Joburg Open". European Tour. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. "Shubhankar Sharma wins Maybank Championship with final-round 62". ESPN. Associated Press. 4 February 2018.
  7. Beall, Joel (6 March 2018). "Augusta National extends Masters special exemption to India's Shubhankar Sharma". Golf Digest. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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