India’s Shubhankar Sharma makes fine start at British Open

With the pace of play also being somewhat slow, Sharma needed more than five hours 15 minutes for the round.  

India’s Shubhankar Sharma got off to a perfect start at the 151st Open as he put together a solid round of 3-under 68 to lie tied seventh at the challenging Royal Liverpool Golf Club here. He shone in afternoon conditions when scoring became even more difficult.

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Sharma, who had just one bogey against four birdies finished in near darkness and he was in one of the last three groups to finish the day. With the pace of play also being somewhat slow, Sharma needed more than five hours 15 minutes for the round.  

Meanwhile, American Brian Harman is on course for the biggest win of his career after surging to the top of the British Open leaderboard, reaching 10 under par after his second round on Friday.

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