Shubhankar Sharma

Turning professional in 2013, Sharma played on the Asian Development Tour in 2014. He also finished fourth in the Panasonic Open India, a 2014 Asian Tour event.{{cite web |url=http://www.asiantour.com/players/999641 |title=Shubhankar Sharma Profile |publisher=Asian Tour |access-date=10 December 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015734/http://www.asiantour.com/players/999641/ |url-status=live }}

From 2015 to 2017, Sharma played primarily on the Asian Tour. He played in the TAKE Solutions India Masters on the 2015 Asian Development Tour, losing in a playoff to S. Chikkarangappa. The following week he was fourth in the Panasonic Open India on the Asian Tour. In 2016, Sharma finished third in the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open and tied for fourth in the Resorts World Manila Masters and finished 51st in the Order of Merit.

Sharma started 2017 finishing fourth in the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open and in the top-10 in the Maybank Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the European Tour.

After these two events in February it was not until November that he showed a return to form with a top-10 finish in the UBS Hong Kong Open, another event co-sanctioned with the European Tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.asiantour.com/players/999641/highlights |title=Shubhankar Sharma Career Highlights |publisher=Asian Tour |accessdate=10 December 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210232339/http://www.asiantour.com/players/999641/highlights/ |url-status=live }}

Two weeks later he came to more notice in the Joburg Open where a second round of 61, followed by a 65, gave him a five-stroke lead at the start of the last round.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2017098/news/newsid=338985.html |title=Sharma storms ahead in Johannesburg |publisher=European Tour |date=9 December 2017 |accessdate=10 December 2017 |archive-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209180526/http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2017098/news/newsid=338985.html |url-status=live }} The final round was delayed by bad weather but Sharma finished with a 69 for a three-stroke win over Erik van Rooyen. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and the win gave him an entry to the 2018 Open Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2017098/news/newsid=339093.html |title=Sharma romps to maiden win at Joburg Open |publisher=European Tour |date=11 December 2017 |access-date=11 December 2017 |archive-date=11 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211213548/http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2017098/news/newsid=339093.html |url-status=live }} The win also earned him full membership of the European Tour.

Sharma had a final round 62 to win the Maybank Championship in February 2018, an event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, two ahead of Jorge Campillo.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/22314533/shubhankar-sharma-claims-maybank-championship-title-final-round-62 |title=Shubhankar Sharma wins Maybank Championship with final-round 62 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=4 February 2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |archive-date=6 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131452/http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/22314533/shubhankar-sharma-claims-maybank-championship-title-final-round-62 |url-status=live }} The win lifted him into the world top-100 for the first time. He also took an early lead in the European Tour's Race to Dubai, earning a place in the 2018 WGC-Mexico Championship in March. At the WGC-Mexico Championship Sharma held the lead after the second and third rounds. However, he faltered with a final-round 74 and finished the tournament in a tie for ninth place. It was his first start in a PGA Tour event. Two days after the tournament he received an invitation to play in the Masters Tournament, his first major championship appearance and the fourth Indian to play in the Masters, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri were the previous three to play.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/augusta-national-extends-masters-special-exemption-to-indias-shubhankar-sharma |title=Augusta National extends Masters special exemption to India's Shubhankar Sharma |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Joel |last=Beall |date=6 March 2018 |access-date=6 March 2018}}

Sharma is a strict vegetarian for ethical and religious reasons, who has stated that he has never consumed meat in his life.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/shubhankar-sharma-is-the-rare-vegetarian-tour-pro |title=Shubhankar Sharma Is The Rare Vegetarian Tour Pro |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Keely |last=Levins |date=30 April 2018 |access-date=1 April 2022}} He is also allergic to gluten.

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

²Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

²Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

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"T" = tied

NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

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• {{EuroTour player|39187}}
• {{AsianTour player|109622}}
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• [https://www.pgtofindia.com/player/00Wo Profile on PGTI's official site]

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