Qualification to the Tokyo Olympics is “definitely” in Shubhankar Sharma’s thoughts because the ace Indian golfer resumes his European Tour marketing campaign at this week’s Austrian Golf Open close to Vienna.
The Chandigarh-based participant, who’s ranked 101 on the European Tour Race to Dubai, is conscious that taking part in on the European Tour for 5 weeks on the trot offers him an excellent alternative to get again in reckoning for the Tokyo Games.
“The Olympics are definitely on my mind as it would be an honour to represent India at one of the biggest sporting events.
“I know a few good weeks in Europe would bring me back in contention for an Olympic berth but I’m not thinking too far ahead at the moment and am just focused on the job at hand,” Shubhankar stated.
He is coming off a refreshing two-week break again house in India the place he loved a trip at a quaint tea property in Palampur in Himachal Pradesh, together with pal and fellow skilled Khalin Joshi.
Two-time European Tour winner Shubhankar, regardless that not at his greatest in current months, has proven some spark early in the yr with three top-30s from his six begins on the European Tour. It features a greatest end of tied twenty second on the Dubai Desert Classic.
“It’s been an average year for me so far but I’m looking at the positives. I’m playing much better than the results suggest, I’m in a good frame of mind and in good physical condition at the moment,” stated 24-year-old Sharma, the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion.
The Indian trio of Shubhankar, SSP Chawrasia and Ajeetesh Sandhu might be competing in Austria this week. Incidentally, Jeev Milkha Singh is the 2008 champion of the Austrian Golf Open.
Shubhankar is at the moment ranked 380 in the world.
“One of my goals this year is to finish high on the Race to Dubai. It’s going to be quite a challenge as all the events over the next six months will be played in the tough European conditions with the wind and weather coming into play.
“I’m playing here at the Diamond Country Club in Austria for the first time and the wind and freezing temperature will be a big test this week,” added Shubhankar, because the European Tour now strikes to European soil after staging its first six occasions of the yr in the Middle-East and Africa.
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