'Feels like Homecoming' - Shubhankar Sharma on playing the International Series India

The International Series India event will be played from January 30 to February 2.

Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma is under no illusion over the stern test coming from old friends and familiar faces as a stellar field line up for a crack at the US$2 million International Series India tournament in Gurugram this week.

The headlines may be about LIV Golf superstars such as reigning US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and Joaquin Niemann, the 2024 International Series rankings winner, but Sharma is wary of the threat posed by his fellow Indian golfers from 30 January to 2 February at the DLF Golf and Country Club.

And he puts that strong domestic challenge down to the experience the players have been gaining week in week out on The International Series and Asian Tour in recent years.

“I couldn’t be happier for the Asian players and it’s great to see where the game is going and not only for India but for all the other countries that are doing so well. “The fields are getting so much better, there’s more depth and the competition is so much more.

“I think The International Series events just shows that, I played in Riyadh at the end of last season (the season-ending PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers) and I saw what the competition level was, it was low scoring but for me it’s amazing.

“For me it’s a homecoming—not only playing in India but playing on the Asian Tour. It’s much more relaxed and I know everyone so it’s a great atmosphere,” he signs off.

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