India’s Shubhankar Sharma produced the all time consequence by an Indian at golf’s oldest Main, the Open Championships, as he completed tied-eighth right here on Sunday.
Sharma, enjoying his third Open, was the one participant on the ultimate day to log a bogey-free spherical of 1-under 70 for a complete of 5-under 279. He completed Tied-eighth, incomes a recall to the Open in 2024 as properly.
Sharma’s consequence was additionally the second-best by an Indian in any main, behind the T-5 by Anirban Lahiri on the 2015 PGA Championships.
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Jeev Milkha Singh was additionally T-9 on the 2008 PGA Championships. The earlier finest by an Indian at an Open was T-27 by Jyoti Randhawa in 2004 at Royal Troon, the place the Open returns subsequent yr.
The runaway winner was the brief left-hander from america, Brian Harman, who refused to fall prey to nerves as he had six years in the past within the US Open.
He began the moist and soggy ultimate day at Royal Liverpool Golf Membership with a five-shot lead and completed six forward of a foursome — Tom Kim (67), Sepp Straka (69), Jason Day (69), and Jon Rahm (70), who have been all tied at 7-under 277.
Sharma, who made the minimize on his twenty seventh birthday on Friday, and Cameron Younger have been tied eighth at 5-under 279, whereas Rory McIlroy (68) and Argentine Emiliano Grillo (68) have been tied sixth.
Sharma known as his play throughout the week and the ultimate spherical specifically “the perfect I’ve performed in such situations.” “Doubtless, it was the perfect I’ve performed and on such a difficult course,” he stated.
Sharma produced rounds 68-71-70-70, all 4 rounds being par or higher, and was tied for eighth place. His two earlier finishes within the Open have been each T-51.
The 2024 Open will likely be held on the Royal Troon, and the ultimate day will likely be on Sharma’s twenty eighth birthday.
“The Open is all the time round my birthday, so it’s all the time a double celebration,” he had stated earlier.
He had stored the celebrations on maintain this week however stated that with family and friends right here, they’d all be held subsequent week.
“Proper now, I’m simply thrilled with the week’s consequence. It’s one thing I’ve all the time believed in. The previous couple of weeks I performed good golf, however issues didn’t come collectively, and this week, proper from the beginning, I had a great feeling,” stated Sharma.
Speaking of data, Sharma stated, “I’m not enjoying for data. I simply wish to play my finest golf. Jeev, Jyoti, and Anirban are all nice gamers. To be talked about together with them is an honour by itself.”
Sharma began with 13 pars after which had a birdie on the 14th and later missed birdie putts on the seventeenth and 18th by the closest margins.