Sharma lined up for his maiden World Cup of Golf in Melbourne
MELBOURNE: Shubhankar Sharma is set to make his debut at the Melbourne World Cup of Golf later this year as he was one of the first 28 players announced by tournament officials on Friday.
To be held at The Metropolitan Golf Club from November 22 to 25, the 59th Melbourne World Cup of Golf will see 56 players vie for the largest prize money purse in Australian golf, with $7 million on offer.
“I’m really excited to qualify for my first World Cup of Golf at The Metropolitan. Since the start of the year, I made this event as one of my goals to try and qualify as it has so much history, tradition and a wonderful list of past champions which include many of the great names and legends i n golf,” said Sharma. “To have the opportu- nity to represent India at a prestigious event like this is truly an honour and I will be give it everything to try and win the World Cup for my country. We don’t get too many opportunities to play for our nation, so it’s going to be fun with whoever I pick as my partner when we get down to Australia.”
The 22-year-old has recent wins at the 2017 Joburg Open and 2018 Maybank Championship, and this week sits at No 105 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
RASHID, BHULLAR T-15
INCHEON: Indian golfers Rashid Khan and Gaganjeet Bhullar were tied-15th after Round 2 of the $1 million Shinhan Donghae Open on Friday.
Rashid, a two-time winner on Asian Tour, trying to end his three-and-a-half year drought, shot two-under 69 to take his total to five-under 137 while Bhullar carded one-under 70 to be tied with him. The Indian duo currently are four shots off the lead at the midway stage.
Khalin Joshi (69) and Shiv Kapur (70) were the other Indians to make the cut while Viraj Madappa (73), Ajeetesh Sandhu (72), S Chikkarangappa (72), Jyoti Randhawa (76) and Arjun Atwal (78) missed the cut.