24-year-old, Shubhankar Sharma showed he is gaining consistency with a solid performance, finishing Tied-22nd at 5-under par with scores of 70-68-72-73 (-5,283) at the US$ 3.25mn Omega Dubai Desert Classic, played out at Emirates GC in Dubai from Jan.28th-31st on the European Tour.
With that, Sharma picked up €28,388 (₹25 lac approx) and moved to 64th on the Race to Dubai Rankings on the 2021 European Tour, having earlier missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, the opening event of the year..
When the European Tour restarted its 2020 season in August, after the Pandemic, Shubhankar played 16 events, making 8 cuts and earned US$ 144,766 or just over ₹1 crore for his efforts. He next plays the US$3.5 Mn Saudi International this week. .