Shubhankar Sharma shot his best round of 2023 as he fired a flawless 7-under 65, that included an eagle and five birdies.
Shubhankar Sharma ended tied seventh with a final round of 1-under 71.
Shubhankar Sharma dropped a late bogey after a splendid front nine to shoot 6-under 66 and grab the joint lead at the Horizon Irish Open.
Scottie Scheffler had looked poised to run away with the Green Jacket on Saturday, but instead the Masters is set for a thrilling finish after the world No. 1 produced a brilliant escape on his final hole to take a three-shot lead going into the final round at Augusta National.
Europe resisted a fierce American fightback to secure the four points required to reclaim the Ryder Cup
Indian golfers Anirban Lahiri and Jeev Milkha Singh exited early, as did many other big names, including multiple Major winners Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy, after the completion of second round in the US Open in Oakmont.
World No 1 Rory McIlroy and three-times winner Tiger Woods were both sent packing in stunning fashion in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.
Shubhankar Sharma tumbled from a decent T-48th at the start of the day to a disappointing 72nd at the end of his third round at the 148th Open Championships.
Tiger Woods was trying to steady the ship as winds threatened to blow his Masters comeback off course as he reached the midway point of the second round on Friday five shots back of clubhouse leaders Charl Schwartzel and Im Sung-jae.
Shiv Kapur went over-par for the second successive day, carding a 73 for a tied 35th finish while SSP Chowrasia ended tied 61st after a 71 in the final round of the 3 Irish Open golf tournament.
India's golfer Anirban Lahiri endured an erratic day at the course and was even-par after 16 holes in second round of the Tokyo Olympics, which was suspended due to persistent thunderstorms over the east course of the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo on Friday.
The US Open golf championship, which was set for June 18-21 at Winged Foot in New York, has been rescheduled due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the US Golf Association said on Monday. The new dates for the year's third major are September 17-20 also at Winged Foot.
Scheffler said he could afford to focus on his own game thanks to his three-shot cushion.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Phil Mickelson blocked out the distractions and kept his mind quiet in front of a raucous gallery to win the PGA Championship by two strokes on Sunday and become golf's oldest major winner at the age of 50.
Morikawa barely missed a fairway all day as he made four birdies and dropped no shots, showing incredible composure
Making his 23rd birthday memorable, Shubankar hit six birdies, three of them on last six holes, including the dangerous 16th, also called 'Calamity'.
McIlroy was tipped as one of the favourites for the first Open in Northern Ireland since 1951 but now faces a battle to get back amongst the leaders.
The Indian golfer, playing with World No 1 Brooks Koepka (68), had 17 pars and his sole birdie was courtesy a brilliant 30-foot monster putt.
Shubhankar Sharma's magnificent year continued as the Indian grabbed a spot in next week's US Open Golf Championships with a solid display of 69-68 in the qualifiers, in Columbus.
Four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy will not compete in this summer's Rio Olympic Games, citing health fears over the Zika virus, he said on Wednesday.
It will be the second time he would make the cut in as many starts at the Open.
India's Anirban Lahiri got off to a flying start on his tournament-debut, firing eight birdies in a blemish-free opening round to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Tour's Career Builder Challenge in partnership with Clinton Foundation in La Quinta.
Dani Alves has blamed the media for Brazil's unsuccessful World Cup campaign but conceded that the team did not prepare properly ahead of the humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany in the semi-final.
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