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ANIRBAN LAHIRI SETS AN INDIAN RECORD WITH 15TH MAJOR APPEARANCE,
OVERHAULS JEEV MILKHA SINGH’S TALLY OF 14
Shubhankar Sharma
Picture Courtesy- Asian Tour
Anirban Lahiri
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Singh, Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri
hile both Anirban Lahiri and
Shubhankar Sharma missed
the cut at the 2018 PGA
Championship, the Indian duo still
managed to achieve a few important
landmarks through their participation
at the event. Here’s a look at some
signifi cant stats associated with Anirban
and Shubhankar’s appearance at the
year’s last Major.
SHUBHANKAR
SHARMA
BECOMES FIRST
INDIAN TO PLAY
ALL FOUR MAJORS
IN SAME YEAR AS
MAJOR DEBUT
Anirban Lahiri set an Indian record
with his 15th Major appearance as he
overhauled Jeev Milkha Singh’s tally of
14 Major appearances
Lahiri set an Indian record with his fi fth
appearance at the PGA Championship
as he went past Jeev Milkha Singh’s
tally of 4 appearances at the tournament
Shubhankar Sharma became the
youngest Indian to play the PGA
Championship at the age of 22, he
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broke Lahiri’s record who had made
his debut at the tournament in 2014 at
age 27
Sharma became the fourth Indian to
play all four Majors after Jeev Milkha
SEPTEMBER
2018
Sharma is now only the third Indian to
have played all four Majors in the same
year (2018) following in the footsteps
of Jeev Milkha Singh (2007) and
Anirban Lahiri (2015 and 2016)
Sharma is now the fi rst ever Indian to
have played all four Majors in the same
year as his Major debut (2018)
Sharma became the fi fth Indian to
play the PGA Championship after
Arjun Atwal, Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti
Randhawa and Anirban Lahiri
It was the ninth time that two
Indians appeared at the same Major
championship and third occasion
when two Indians appeared at the PGA
Championship - Jeev Milkha Singh and
Jyoti Randhawa had both appeared at
the 2007 and 2008 editions of the PGA
Championship.