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21 year old Shubhankar Sharma is now at the top of the Race to Dubai after winning the Maybank Championship in Malaysia. This is his second win in two months in both the European Tour and the Asian Tour, having won the Joburg Open in December.
Playing at the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Sharma was behind Jorge Campillo of Spain and Dylan Frittelli from South Africa at the start of the final round. Campillo eagled the first hole. Sharma fought back.
"I kept pushing the whole day. I knew I had to make a lot birdies to catch the leaders. I made a lot of birdies on the front nine and just continued on the back," is how he described his efforts.
He did just that, making 10 birdies, no bogeys, closing on 62 at 21-under par, bringing his tournament score to 267 at 21-under.
Campillo finished the tournament with 19-under on 269, followed by Pablo Larrazabal, also from Spain, and New Zealand's Ryan Fox, both on 270 at 18-under. Frittelli ended on 272 at 16-under, in a five way tie at 5th place.
These two Tour wins have been life-impacting, Sharma says. "The last two months have changed my life. I've been a member on the Asian Tour for a while and I will continue to be a member on the Asian Tour. I've always dreamt of winning and now I'm a two-time winner on the Asian Tour and European Tour."
Player comments:
Campillo: "It was windy and it was quite tricky out there. It is tough to beat someone who shoots a 10-under. I kept trying and I’ve finished second way too many times. I finish by myself so that’s quite positive. I’m very happy with that."
Larrazabal: "14 under par over the weekend is something special, a bogey-free weekend is as good as it can get. Congratulations to Sharma, to shoot ten under par on Sunday you will win any event you play in, and top five I am very happy.”
Fox: "Shubhankar played some amazing golf out there to shoot ten and that is pretty hard to catch. You can see it’s out there, obviously Lee (Westwood) shot it earlier in the week and to do it to win a golf tournament is seriously impressive."
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