Yangon, Myanmar, 29-01-2017
Shubhankar Sharma clinches tied ninth at Myanmar Open
India's Shubhankar Sharma continued his hot streak on the Asian Tour as he followed up his tied 11th place at the season-opener Singapore Open last week with an even more impressive tied ninth finish at this week's Leopalace21 Myanmar Open.
Shubhankar, who totaled eight-under-276 at the US$ 750,000 event, emerged as the top finisher among the Indians for the second straight week on the Asian Tour.
The 20-year-old shot four sub-par rounds of 70, 68, 69 and 69 to end up six shots behind the eventual champion Todd Sinnott of Australia at the event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour.
Shiv Kapur claimed tied 34th place at two-under-282 while Rahil Gangjee was a further shot back in tied 43rd.
Jyoti Randhawa finished tied 70th at six-over-290.
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