Thai Tour gets world golf status

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Thai Tour gets world golf status

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Thai Tour gets world golf status
Published: 25/07/2018 at 01:24 AM
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Shubhankar Sharma turned pro at 16 and got his start on the Professional Golf Tour of India, which offered small purses and little else. Now, it is one of three small circuits that will start awarding world ranking points.

The board of the Official World Golf Ranking approved India, the All Thailand Golf Tour and the feeder circuit of the Japan Golf Tour into its system.

Winners in Thailand and India will get a minimum of five points over 72-hole events, while the Abema TV Tour in Japan awards four points.

The next All Thailand Golf Tour event is the 2-million baht Singha Championship at Rayong Green Valley Country Club, beginning Aug 2.

"I think it's fabulous," Sharma said. "India has some great players, and the scores are pretty low. I think it's truly one of the better tours in Asia now. It's great we have world ranking points. It will just attract more and more sponsors, and it will help making India bigger."

The ranking starts one year before the Olympics, and Anirban Lahiri expects quick movement. Lahiri was the first Indian to play in the Presidents Cup, and Lahiri and S.S.P. Chawrasia represented India in the Olympics at Rio de Janeiro two years ago.

"It's unbelievable what that's going to do," Lahiri said. "We're suddenly going to have another 20 guys in the top 300, I think."
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