Shubankar Sharma will look for a good week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship next month
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma faced a challenging weekend at the DP World Tour’s Genesis Championship in Korea, ending his week at T66 after dropping 8 shots in the last two days, at a total score of 3-over-par. Despite a promising start with earlier rounds of 71 and 68, Sharma struggled to maintain his form through the weekend at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club.
South Korea’s Byeong Hun An narrowly beat fellow countryman Tom Kim in a high-stakes play-off, where Kim found himself in trouble on the 18th hole par-5, with his third shot flying into the main stand and leading to a bogey. An capitalized on this error, requiring just one steady putt to claim his first DP World Tour title in nearly a decade since his win at the 2015 BMW PGA Championship.
Sharma will look to regain lost ground with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at the Yas Links Abu Dhabi from November 7-10, which has been a happy hunting ground for him in the past, having recorded two finishes in the top three.
A strong finish is required by Shubhankar in order to finish in the top 60 of the Points List on Tour and qualify for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, the week after.