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At the Asian Tour 2018,

P.C. to Asian tour

2018 Earnings (USD)
1 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) $755,994
2 Sanghyun Park (KOR) $561,898
3 Justin Harding (RSA) $479,816
4 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) $422,935
5 Scott Vincent (ZIM) $420,886
6 John Catlin (USA) $387,932
7 Sihwan Kim (USA) $373,008
8 Kurt Kitayama (USA) $352,711
9 Yuta Ikeda (JPN) $338,671
10 Rahil Gangjee (IND) $302,628

Shubhankar Sharma has captured the Asian Tour Habitat for Humanity Standings title ... The 22-year-old Shubhankar emerged as the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion following a dream season in Asia ... He becomes the fifth and youngest Indian to top the Asian Tour money list in a particular season ... He joins the exclusive club of Indians who have achieved the feat in the past - Jyoti Randhawa (2002), Arjun Atwal (2003), Jeev Milkha Singh (2006 and 2008) and Anirban Lahiri (2015) ... With this, Shubhankar automatically qualifies for the next year's British Open and WGC Mexico Championship as a winner of the Asian Tour Order of Merit.

Next week, he will be playing the last event of 2018 the BNI Indonesian Masters.

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At €1M Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open 2018, Mauritius (Co-sanctioned Asian Tour and European Tour)

T2 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 64 68 71 67 -18 $104,365.00
T28 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 69 70 68 74 -7 $9,561.00
T55 Viraj Madappa (IND) 68 74 75 69 -2 $3,739.00
61 Udayan Mane (IND) 70 72 73 72 -1 $3,286.00

Chikka scored the five-under final round to finished for the tied second position ... He started the tournament well after scoring the eight-under first round ... With this result, Chikka secures his playing card for next season at the Asian Tour.

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At $1.5M Australian PGA Championship 2018, Australia

T40 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 69 70 78 71 PAR $5,664.00

The third round of six-over messed up any chance of finishing in the top-10 for Gaganjeet.

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At $500K Queen's Cup hosted by Jaidee Foundation 2018, Thailand (Asian Tour)

T6 Shiv Kapur (IND) 69 68 65 67 -11 $15,450.00
T28 M Dharma (IND) 68 66 71 70 -5 $3,922.00
T28 Abhijit Chadha (IND) 69 66 72 68 -5 $3,922.00
T38 Rashid Khan (IND) 68 70 69 69 -4 $3,033.00
T48 Kshitij Naveed Kaul (IND) 68 71 68 70 -3 $2,352.00
T48 Honey Baisoya (IND) 72 67 72 66 -3 $2,352.00
T62 Amardip Malik (IND) 66 65 71 78 PAR $1,600.00

Shiv Kapur finished in the top-10 with the final 3-under round.

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At $7M ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf 2018, Australia

T10 Anirban Lahiri (IND)/ Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 64 72 70 70 -12 $102,333

Anirban and Gaganjeet represented the Indian team in the World Cup of Golf ... They started well after scoring 8-under the first round ... But failed to repeat such performance in next three rounds but 12-under score gave them the top-10 finish.

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At $2M The Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong (European Tour 2019)

T6 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 69 68 67 67 -9 € 52,622
T36 Arjun Atwal (IND) 66 72 68 71 -3 € 11,402
T45 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 67 67 71 -2 € 7,718
T57 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 70 67 70 72 -1 € 5,087
T67 Khalin Joshi (IND) 68 71 73 69 +1 € 3,508
T67 Viraj Madappa (IND) 73 68 71 69+1 € 3,508

Shubhankar scored back to back 3-under rounds which helped him to finish inside the top-10 of the new season opener on the European tour.

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At $7.2M Mayakoba Golf Classic 2018, Playa del Carmen, Mexico (PGA Tour 2019)

T10 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 65 66 69 68 -16 $165,600.00

Anirban showed consistency on the course to finish inside the top-10 ... After the first 2 rounds expectations were the top-5 finish but in end, he finished on the tied 10th position.

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At $7M Nedbank Golf Challenge 2018, Sun City, South Africa (European Tour 2018)

T27 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 74 75 71 68 PAR € 57,511.00

Shubhankar finished with the PAR score, which helped him the top-30 finish ... He recovered after the first 2 rounds and scored a 4-under final round for a decent finish.

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At $2.1M Blue Bay LPGA 2018, China (LPGA Tour 2018)

76 Aditi Ashok (IND) 80 79 80 75 +26 $3,948.00

Aditi had a terrible tournament ... She struggled throughout the tournament, her best round was a 3-over, which she managed in the final round ... A forgettable performance.

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At $7M Turkish Airlines Open 2018, Antalya, Turkey

T43 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 70 72 70 67 -5 € 32,777

The last 4-under round helped Shubhankar to finish inside the top-50 standing.

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At $10M WGC HSBC Championship 2018, Shanghai, China

T46 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 72 72 81 71 +8 $59,000.00
T69 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 80 80 72 72 +16 $45,750.00

Shubhankar and Gaganjeet played in the WGC tournament in China ... Shubhankar started with back to back 8-over rounds and that ended his chance of any decent finish ... Gaganjeet scored a couple of PAR round but his third 9-over round ended his chance of the top-25 finish.

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At $2.2M LPGA Taiwan Championship 2018, Taoyuan City, Taiwan (LPGA Tour)

T20 Aditi Ashok (IND) 75 69 73 71 PAR $23,436.00

After 3-over first-round Aditi played consistent rounds to finish inside the top-20.

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At $400K Panasonic Open India 2018, New Delhi, India (Asian Tour)

P.C. to Asian tour site

1 Khalin Joshi (IND) 71 68 64 68 -17 $72,000.00
T3 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 67 67 70 70 -14 $22,600.00
5 Aman Raj (IND) 70 68 68 69 -13 $16,400.00
T6 Kshitij Naveed Kaul (IND) 72 66 70 68 -12 $11,506.00
T10 M Dharma (IND) 70 67 70 71 -10 $6,592.00
T10 Mukesh Kumar (IND) 71 67 72 68 -10 $6,592.00

Khalin Joshi lifted the India Open title with an excellent 4-under final round ... This was his first title on Asian tour ... He won by a stroke but his third round of 8-under put him on course of this victory ... I have posted only the top-10 Indian results.

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At $7M The CIMB Classic 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (PGA Tour 2019)

T10 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 67 64 66 72 -19 $175,000.00
T27 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 69 70 71 65 -13 $50,120.00
T63 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 72 74 68 70 -4 $13,160.00
T75 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 77 71 73 72 +5 $11,480.00

Shubhankar had a terrific 1st three rounds and he was tied for the top spot ... But had a bad day, he scored 5 birdies and 5 bogeys to remain 19-under and finished on the tied 10th place ... Gaganjeet scored an excellent final round of 7-under to finish inside the top-30 ... Anirban and Rahil struggled on the course.

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At $850K Mercuries Taiwan Masters 2018, Angus, Scotland

6 Shiv Kapur (IND) 71 73 71 70 -3 $29,750.00
T18 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 72 73 72 73 +2 $8,953.00
T26 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 71 74 75 72 +4 $7,650.00
T29 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 70 76 71 76 $6,970.00
T42 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 74 74 71 78 $5,338.00

Shiv Kapur finished inside top-10 after scoring 2-under PAR final round ... On a positive note, after a longtime Jeev made a cut and finished inside top-20 ... Shubhankar needs to show more consistency in his game.

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At $1M The 34th Shinhan Donghae Open 2018, South Korea

T8 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 67 70 68 68 -11 $23001.00
T15 Rashid Khan (IND) 68 69 72 68 -8 $13,747.00
T56 Khalin Joshi (IND) 73 69 70 73 +1 $3,662.00
T62 Shiv Kapur (IND) 72 70 68 76 +2 $3,184.00

Gaganjeet performed consistent to finish inside top-10 ... Really good to see Gaganjeet scored under PAR four rounds ... Rashid Khan also finished in top-15.

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At € 275K Lacoste Ladies Open de France 2018, Golf du Medoc - Chateaux (Ladies European Tour)

T7 Aditi Ashok (IND) 74 68 68 66 -8

Aditi produced an excellent 5-under final round for the top-10 finish on the European tour.

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At € 2.5M Omega European Masters 2018, Crans Montana, Switzerland (European Tour)

T45 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 69 66 71 73 -1 € 12,500

SSP struggled in the final two rounds to finish on the T45 position ... But Shubhankar Sharma failed to make a cut.

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At €1M Czech Masters 2018, Prague, Czech Republic (European Tour)

T7 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 68 71 70 66 -1 € 27,500

Gaganjeet scored a superb six-under final round for another top-10 finish on the European tour ... He scored an eagle, five birdies and a bogey in this round to give himself a strong finish.

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At $9M The Northern Trust 2018, Paramus, New Jersey, USA (PGA Tour)

T71 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 71 71 75 68 +1 $17,730.00

Anirban struggled on this course and he managed below PAR-under round in the last round ... He finished the tournament on 1 over and outside top-70 in the standings.

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At $2.25M CP Women's Open 2018, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (LPGA Tour)

T41 Aditi Ashok (IND) 67 74 74 68 -5 $10,541

Aditi end tournament with four under round, but her two over second and third rounds cost her top-25 finish.

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At $1.25M Fiji Internationals 2018, Natadola, Fiji (European Tour 2018)

P.C. to Asian tour

1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 70 69 69 66 -14 € 132,231
T43 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 73 74 72 71 +2 € 4,443

Gaganjeet Bhullar wins his first European Tour title on his 106th European Tour event and is now exempt until the end of next season after adding to his Challenge Tour win in 2011 and eight Asian Tour victories ... He entered the final day with a one-shot lead but found himself trailing late in the day as Australian Quayle came home in 29 on back-9 and set the target at 13 under in the clubhouse ... A brilliant chip-in eagle on the 17th moved Gaganjeet back into the lead and he held his nerve to par the last and sign for a 66 that gave him a one-shot victory over Quayle, who finished with a brilliant 63 ... Four-time Major Championship winner Ernie Els signed for a closing 65 to finish at 12 under alongside New Zealander Ben Campbel.

This was a tri-sanctioned event, European tour, Australian tour and Asian tour, so with this win, he becomes the first Indian to win on Australia PGA Tour ... Also becomes the most successful Indian on the Asian tour with 9 wins, which surpassed 8 wins each by Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal.

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At $10M The World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational 2018, Akron, Ohio, USA (PGA Tour 2018)

T6 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 65 70 69 68 -8 $241,375.00
T69 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 72 79 72 70 +13 $47,000.00

Anirban scored a superb 2 under final round which consisted of 4 birdies and 2 bogeys to finish inside top-10 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational ... This was his fourth top-10 finish on 2018 PGA tour ... But Shubhankar struggled on this course and the second round 9 over pushed him to finish on the second last position in this strong field.

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At €3.25M Women's British Open 2018, Lancashire, England

T22 Aditi Ashok (IND) 72 72 73 68 -3 $32,070

Aditi stored her best round for the last day ... She had a flawless four-under round, which consisted of 4 birdies on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 16th holes ... And this helped her to finish her first inside top-25 finish in the Majors.

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At $1.5M Ladies Scottish Open 2018, East Lothian, Scotland

T59 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 69 75 73 +3 $4,391

After couple of good round Aditi struggled on the final two days ... She managed four over in the third and two over in the final round, which pushed her below 50 in the standing from the top-20 after first 2 rounds.

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At $500K The Royal Cup 2018, Angus, Scotland

T2 Shiv Kapur (IND) 66 68 67 71 -8 US$33,000
T10 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 71 65 69 70 -5 US$8.493
T14 Viraj Madappa (IND) 70 69 69 68 -4 US$6,240
T14 Chikka S (IND) 72 70 67 67 -4 US$6,240
T36 Himmat Rai (IND) 68 72 70 70 PAR US$3,254
T42 Khalin Joshi (IND) 70 69 71 71 +1 US$2,760
T56 Rashid Khan (IND) 73 69 72 71 +5 US$1,750
T59 Honey Baisoya (IND) 67 70 72 77 +6 US$1,550

Shiv Kapur struggled on the final day and managed one over ... So instead of challenging for the title he managed to finish on the tied 2nd position, total six shots behind winner South African Justin Harding ... Still, a good week for Shiv Kapur for a top-5 finish.

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At $10.5M The Open Championship 2018, Angus, Scotland - After second round

T52 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 73 71 +2
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Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76 74 +8

The 22 yrs old Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian golfer to make the cut in any majors ... Anirban Lahiri missed the cut as he managed 3 over in the second round.

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At $5.8M John Deere Classic 2018, Silvis, Illinois, USA (PGA Tour)

T65 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 70 70 71 -4 $12,006.00

After a longtime Arjun played on the tour in John Deere Classic and managed to make a cut ... He finished lower in the final standing with four under.

Aditi Ashok's struggle continues after returning on LPGA tour ... She missed another cut at Marathon Classic ... Shubhankar Sharma failed to make the cut at Scottish Open ... For the Open, Anirban will join Shubjankar ... Hoping for a better week at The Open for our players.

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At $7.3M A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier 2018, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA (PGA Tour)

T39 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 61 71 76 -5 $27,740.00

A disastrous last round wiped out any chance of the top-3 finish for Anirban ... He scored a six-over-par round which consisted of a double bogey, six bogeys and only couple of birdies ... Anirban finished the T39 position in the final standing ... Before that, he scored his best round of 9 under on PGA Tour in the second round.

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At $2M Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic 2018, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA (LPGA Tour)

T35 Aditi Ashok (IND) 69 67 69 71 -12 $10,494.00

Aditi produced four under par rounds and ended with 12 under par score ... But that wasn't enough for a strong finish on this easy playing course ... Aditi finished on the T35 position and whopping 19 strokes behind the winner, Sei Young Kim ... The 25 yrs. old Sei Young Kim created a new LPGA the 72-hole record with the 31-under-par score ... She bettered record of the 27-under-par which scored by Annika Sorenstam in 2001.

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At $7.1M Quicken Loans National 2018, Potomac, Maryland, USA (PGA Tour)

T25 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 74 65 67 -7 $133,125.00

Anirban's roller-coaster performance continues as he scored one poor round which cost him top-10 finish ... After a poor second round, he scored 5 under in the third round .. He continued his good run and scored another 3 under in the final round ... This helped him to give top-15 finish on the tour.

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At $3.65M KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2018, Kildeer, Illinois, USA (LPGA Tour)

T63 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 73 81 73 +9 $8,489.00

In the second Major of 2018, Aditi struggled to adjust the condition ... After disastrous the third round, in which she scored a 9 over, which consisted of 2 double bogeys, 6 bogeys and a birdie ... In the standings, she finished in the 60s.

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At $7M HNA Open De France 2018, Paris (EPGA Tour)

T27 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 76 69 71 68 PAR € 56,582

After a poor first round, Shubhankar recovered in next three round for a decent finish on the European tour.

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At $300K Queen's Cup 2018, Pattaya, Thailand (APGA Tour)

2 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 68 65 65 71 -15 $33,000
T13 Khalin Joshi (IND) 69 70 67 68 -10 $4520
T21 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 70 68 70 68 -8 $3,090
T21 Rashid Khan (IND) 69 67 68 72 -8 $3,090
T30 Honey Baisoya (IND) 73 65 75 66 -7 $2,550
T46 Viraj Madappa (IND) 69 71 71 70 -3 $1,590
T60 Himmat Rai (IND) 70 69 74 72 +1 $1,005

Gagan had a decent outing and finished in the second position ... He was tied for the 1st position before the last round but managed only PAR final round ... Still good performance.

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At $7M Travelers Championship 2018, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA (PGA Tour)

T9 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 67 65 69 -12 $189,000.00

After longtime Anirban had a topo-10 finish on PGA tour, this was his first top-10 finish of 2018 ... He played consistently under par rounds to finished inside top-10 at Travelers Championship ... His 5 under third round helped him to achieve this.

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At $2M Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 2018, Rogers, Arkansas, USA (LPGA Tour)

T55 Aditi Ashok (IND) 64 76 69 -4 $5,497.00

The second round cost Aditi decent finish on LPGA tour.

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At $8.9M the Memorial Tournament 2018, Dublin, Ohio, USA (PGA Tour)

T37 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 71 69 69 73 -6 $41,830.00
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CUT Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 76 72 +4

Anirban finished on T37 position after disappointing one over final round ... He was in top-20 position after 11th hole with 9 under but managed a double bogey on the 12th hole to slide down and in last five holes, he scored 3 bogeys and 2 birdies ... Shubhankar missed the cut due to his four-over first round.

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At $7.1M Fort Worth Invitational 2018, Texas, USA (PGA Tour)

T20 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 73 68 66 67 -6 $64,196.00
T62 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 74 68 69 -2 $15,549.00

Shubhankar scored 3 under final round to finish inside top-20 ... He played attacking golf on the final day and scored 7 birdies, a couple of bogeys and a double bogey ... This was a superb recovery from Shubhankar, who scored three over the first day and was in danger of missing the cut ... But Anirban's one bad second round put him outside top-60 finish.

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At Le Coq Sportif Beijing Ladies Classic 2018, China (Chinese LPGA Tour)

T13 Sharmila Nicollet (IND) 68 70 76 -2 RMB 14480.00

Sharmila finished inside top-15 at Le Coq Sportif Beijing Ladies Classic ... This was an improvement as in her last tournament in EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open, she finished inside top-20 ... But her after the second round she was in T2 position, a shot behind leader ... But 4 over last round pushed her outside top-10 finish.