New Delhi: Young golfer Shubhankar Sharma will lead a large Indian contingent of 14 players at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship which gets underway at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club in Linkou, Chinese Taipei, on Thursday.
The Indian contingent has both youth and experience ranging from veteran two-time Asian Tour No. 1 Jeev Milkha Singh, whose T-18 last week was his best finish in nearly two years to Viraj Madappa, the latest Asian Tour winner from India, who grabbed the Take Solutions Masters title in August.
However, the defending champion Ajeetesh Sandhu has skipped the event in favour of Dunhill Links Championships, where he got a spot, and the in-form Gaganjeet Bhullar has clearly opted for rest ahead of three big weeks at CIMB Classic, CJ Cup and WGC-HSBC.
Apart from Shubhankar and Jeev Milkha Singh, the Indians in the field included S.S.P. Chawrasia, Shiv Kapur, Rahil Gangjee, Chiragh Kumar, Viraj Madappa, S. Chikkarangappa, Himmat Rai, Udayan Mane, Rashid Khan, Honey Baisoya and Karandeep Kochhar.
“I’m very happy to be back in Asia and also because all of my friends are here. It has been a very long year for me especially with all the travelling,” said Sharma, the current leader on the Asian Tour’s Habitat for Humanity Standings.
