India’s primary male golfer Shubhankar Sharma and compatriot Gaganjeet Bhullar have certified for the Paris Olympic Video games and will likely be teeing off for the nation on the prestigious Golf Nationwide course in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, within the French capital in August. Shubhankar’s berth in Paris was confirmed after the Worldwide Golf Federation (IGF) revealed its Olympic qualification record of 60 women and men golfers for the Olympic Golf event, scheduled between August 1-4, 2024. Shubhankar, whose Official World Golf Rating is 222, certified with an Olympic rank of 48 paving the best way for a Video games debut for the Chandigarh lad.
He will likely be joined by Gaganjeet Bhullar who certified with an Olympic rank of 54 and who can even be making his Olympic debut. Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will likely be representing India within the ladies’s event.
Shubhankar, the 27-year-old Indian, who lately signed as Model Ambassador of Roundglass Sports activities, is a two-time winner on the DP World Tour (previously the European Tour) and has eight profession titles to his identify. He will likely be seen in motion subsequent on the KLM Open in Amsterdam and the Italian Open this month, that are each a part of the DP World Tour.
Sharing his ideas on the second, Shubhankar Sharma stated, “It is a privilege and honour to characterize India on the Olympics. It is a dream come true clearly. I’ve been making ready for today for some time now, and am planning my schedule for the European Tour, accordingly. Now we have an excellent and skilled crew of Gaganjeet, Aditi, Diksha and myself.
“Now we have depth and expertise behind us. All are taking part in strong golf for the time being, on our respective excursions too, and that is a very good signal. If Olympic week turns our method, any medal is feasible for each Males and Girls’s Groups. Personally talking, my recreation is trending in the suitable path and I’m keyed as much as ship,” he stated.
Shubhankar is a prodigal expertise who turned professional in 2013 on the age of 16. He’s at the moment the highest-ranked Indian in males’s skilled golf globally and was the No.1 participant in Asia in 2018. Shubhankar has had a standing on the European and Asian Excursions since 2018.
Shubhankar has made a number of appearances in all of the Golf Majors and recorded the all-time end by an Indian at The Open, the oldest golf championship on the planet. On the 151st Open in Liverpool final yr, he completed tied for eighth place. As well as, his two European Tour titles have been the Joburg Open and the Maybank Championships. His six different titles have been in India’s prime professional tour, the Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI).
Shubhankar can be a recipient of the Arjuna Award in 2018, the second highest honour for sports activities personalities within the nation. He was additionally awarded the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the 12 months in 2018 and is a winner of the Asian Tour Order of Benefit in the identical yr.
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