Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma is not under the illusion about the severe test from old friends and family faces as a stellar field alignment for a crack in the international series of US $ 2 million India in Gurugram this week. The headlines can be LIV golf superstars as the current champion of the United States Open, Bryson Dechambeau and Joaquin Niemann, the winner of the 2024 international series ranking, but Sharma distrusts the threat and country club.
He presents that strong national challenge to the experience that players have been winning a week after week in the international series and the Asian tour in recent years.
Anirban Lahiri, who plays with Dechambeau and Paul Casey for Crushers GC after arriving through the ranks in Asia, is one of the local heroes, while the 11 -time winner of the Asian tour Gaganjeet Bhullar will also attract the support of the galleries , together with veterans Jeev Jeev Jeev Milkha Singh, SSP Chawrasia and Shiv Kapur.
Ajetesh Sandhu, Rashid Khan and Rahil Gangjee are proven winners on the Asian tour, with five victories between them.
Others are knocking on the door, Yuvraj Sandhu, 27, handled a T4 at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters in October, and Karandeep Khochhar, 25 years -old -you give profile in the international series in 2023.
Sharma, twice winner in the Asian tour, said: “I can say this proudly, but the Indian golf has done very well in the last 10, 11 years since I have been a professional,” according to a press release from the International series.
“Many of the Indian players have applied their trade on the Asian tour, and this is where I also started: I won the Merit Order of Asian Tour in 2018 and that is where things really started for me, that was my first great trophy and The Asian tour has always been my home, “added the 28 -year -old who also won twice on the European tour.
“I have always said that. It is where I learned to compete with the best and where I obtained an adequate introduction on the international golf and it is very encouraging to see what the Asian tour has with the international series,” added 28 years -old. “
“I could not be happier for Asian players and it is great to see where the game is going and not only for India, but for all other countries that are so good. The fields are improving a lot, there is more depth and competition is Much more, “he said.
“I think that the events of the international series only show that I played at Riyadh at the end of last season (the Saudi international that ends the season) and I saw what the level of competition was, it was a low score, but for me it is surprising” . aggregate.
“For me it is a return home, not only playing in India but also playing in the Asian tour. It is much more relaxed and I know everyone, so it is a great atmosphere,” he says.
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