Malaysia title provides another life-changing moment for Shubhankar

Shubhankar Sharma with the Maybank Malaysia trophy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Pic/AFP

Shubhankar Sharma, who caught the eye of his senior Indian colleagues including Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa, while finishing ninth at the 2017 Maybank Championships, re-affirmed their faith and established himself as the next big Indian star to watch in world golf. He fired a stunning 10-under-par 62 to clinch the USD 3 million Maybank Championship here yesterday. Candid and thrilled with his second win in seven weeks on the European Tour, Sharma admitted: "The last two months have changed my life. I've been a member on the Asian Tour for a while and I will continue to be a member on the Asian Tour. I've always dreamt of winning and now I'm a two-time winner on the Asian Tour and European Tour."

He added: "I'm over the moon. The last two months have been fantastic for me. I'm playing in The Open championship this year so I can't ask for anything more. Whatever happened today was fantastic. The win in Joburg helped a lot. Especially today, I was very calm on the course. I wasn't under any pressure." On his game, he elaborated: "I played pretty solid and it wasn't easy because it was windy. I kept pushing the whole day. I knew I had to make a lot birdies to catch the leaders. "

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