Sharma the star of stellar 2018 for Indian golf

Shubhankar Sharma was without doubt the biggest star but wasn't the only winner that Indian golf celebrated in a stellar year, which also featured strong performances by amateurs and the ladies.

The calendar year 2018 saw six professional wins for the country's golfers.

Five of them were on the Asian Tour and two of them co-sanctioned by Europe and another by Japan.

A sixth title came from Rahil Gangjee, who took 14 years to register an Asian Tour win, and then added a second title on the Asian Development Tour in Bengaluru. The Indians continued to be a huge force on home soil and won two of the three Asian Tour events in India and an additional ADT title, too.

The 22-year-old Sharma turned pro when he was still a few months away from his 17th birthday in 2013 but showed that he had it in him to make it big.

Criss-crossing the world, Sharma, after his monumental success in winning the Joburg Open in December 2017, added the Maybank Championships in February this year.

Then he juggled