Shubhankar Sharma finished in tied-eighth position at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England on Sunday to record the best finish by an Indian at The Open Championships.
Playing his third Open Championships, the Indian recorded a total of 5-under 279 and was the only player to register a bogey-free round on a wet and soggy final day.
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Brian Harman, who started the day with a five-shot lead, finished with a score of 13-under 271 to win the Championships. The quartet of Tom Kim of South Korea (67), Australia’s Jason Day (69), Sepp Straka of Austria (69) and Jon Rahm of Spain (70) finished tied second at 7 under par.
The Open Championships, also known as the British Open, is the oldest and grandest golf tournament in the world. It is one of the four 'majors' in a year on the PGA Tour.
Sharma, who turned 27 on Friday, carded 68-71-70-70 to finish five under par in the rain-drenched tournament.
The final leaderboard from The 151st Open. pic.twitter.com/IzlFs6YeJE
— The Open (@TheOpen) July 23, 2023
Sharma's T-8 finish was the second-best by an Indian at a major. Anirban Lahiri had finished T-5 at the 2015 PGA Championships while Jeev Milkha Singh's best finish at a major was T-9 at the 2008 PGA Championships.
“I am just happy,” Sharma said. “I don’t like to talk much about my own game, but I am very proud of what I managed to accomplish today... This was probably the best round of golf that I have ever played in my life.”
Having finished in the top 10, the Indian has earned an invitation to compete at the Open Championships at Troon next year.
Take a bow @shubhankargolf 👏🏻👏🏻 Treat to watch the grit and determination @TheOpen in such trying conditions. So happy and proud 👊🏻 I hope youngsters back home stayed up and watched. Keep the flag 🇮🇳 flying
— Anirban Lahiri (@anirbangolf) July 23, 2023
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