Golf in India is clearly riding the crest of success on the international turf. This has indeed been a tremendous week for Indian Golf with star Golfers like Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri proving their mettle at different tournaments.

 

 

 

Both Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri have been on a roll. 

 

While India's Shubhankar Sharma produced a superlative performance of a fine round of four-under 68 to finish a creditable T-27th at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Anirban Lahiri showed immense grit to finish T-10 at Mayokabo Golf Championship.

 

 

Shubhankar, who struggled the first two days with 74-75, shot 71-68 on the weekend to total even par 288 and finish in Top-30.

 

 

The finish, especially with the last two rounds, should fire up Shubhankar before the DP World Tour Championships next week.

 

 

 

 

This finish was his second best since the first week of July, when he was T-27th in the Open de France. Since then his only result better than that was T-10 at the CIMB Classic in Malaysia.

 

 

Shubhankar after being even par for the first nine holes on the back stretch of the course, was on a birdie spree on back nine when he had four birdies in five holes between second and sixth holes.

 

 

Earlier, returning from a two-week break, India's Anirban Lahiri opened with a modest one-under 71 to be placed tied 52nd after the first round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament.

 

 

Lahiri, looking for a good start and a finish to ensure some early points in the fall season before the calendar year turns, started from the 10th and had three birdies on 13th, 14th and 15th to go to three-under.

 

(With inputs from PTI)