Shubhankar and Bhullar gear up for Abu Dhabi challenge

Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar will lead the Indian challenge at the 15th Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, beginning on Thursday.

Sharma will play his first round with David Lipsky, who like the Indian, has won the Asian Tour Order of Merit in the past.

Lipsky was Asian Tour number one in 2014 and Sharma achieved the same in 2018. The third player in the pairing will be Andrea Pavan and they will be the first to tee of in the afternoon on Thursday from the tenth tee.

The other Indian in the field is Gaganjeet Bhullar who will play with Gavin Green and James Morrison and they play at 8.10 am on Thursday from first tee.

Sharma, who has been on the European Tour, ever since he won twice in a short period in Joburg and Kuala Lumpur, is playing in Abu Dhabi for the third time. He finished T-48 in 2018 and missed the cut last year.

"I have not done too well in these parts, but I have also matured in my game," said Sharma.

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