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Dhruv Sheoran
Dhruv Sheoran, the Pune-based golfer, scripted a big win at the final stage of the Q-School series in January.
The 22-year-old seemed to be unfazed by the fact that there were some seasoned professionals chasing him as he added two more birdies against a lone bogey on the back-nine on Sunday to post his second straight 69 and surprise one and all with his sensational victory.
Dhruv, who was ranked 23rd on the Indian amateur circuit in 2016, said, "It's been an unbelievable fortnight for me. I'm delighted as it's my first ever win since I began playing golf at the junior level.”
Although Dhruv, a serving Army officer's son who originally hails from Bhiwani, Haryana, intends to take his time to turn professional and follow a calculated route, he will be one to look out for in years to come if his impressive Q-school journey is anything to go by.
Shubham Narain
The Delhi golfer finished in the top-10 of the IGU merit list in 2016 and successfully qualified for the 2017 season of the PGTI by finishing in the top-5 in the final stage of the Q-school.
Shubham began playing the sport in 2010 alongside Shubhankar Sharma, the Asian Tour player, and has never looked back since. Receiving added encouragement from his family and coach, Jesse Grewal has spurred him on to work hard towards his goals every year.
The 18 year old won in Hyderabad on the Indian Golf Union Gentleman’s tour in 2016 and is making his professional debut this week at Noida Golf course. He has shown promising signs of things to come in the last two years having represented the Indian national team at several events abroad.
Karandeep Kochhar
In November 2016, the 17 year old became the youngest player and also the only Indian amateur to win on the PGTI when he shot an eight par round to total 14 under for the week and win the PGTI Players Championship.
He is again under the wing of Jesse Grewal and has Sagar Diwan as his fitness coach. The golfer has worked hard on his fitness in the last couple of seasons and has seen the results out on the course.
Buoyed by his win on the PGTI, he went on to win the All India Amateur Championship, defeating Delhi’s Arjun Prasad at The Royal Calcutta Golf Club. He also won the IGU Eastern India tournament in 2016 at the venue of his PGTI Players Championship victory, Tollygunge Golf Club.
Karandeep idolises Jeev Milkha Singh and has big dreams of becoming a global golfer and winning on the big tours. The Chandigarh golfer’s name will be appearing a lot more often on the leaderboards of the PGTI tournaments in 2017.
Arjun Prasad
Arjun Prasad has been the guy to look out for the last couple of seasons now. He won the the 2015 Eastern India Juniors which kick started a series of wins for him. He went on to win the 10th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in Shenzhen, China where he shot a brilliant final round of six-under par – 66 to complete a remarakable come from behind victory.
Arjun Prasad also featured in the final of the All India amateur Championship in 2016 where he finished second to another 17 year old prodigy, Karandeep Kochhar. He used his previous experience of playing in an Asain Tour event courtesy of his win in the Faldo series and went on to make the cut at the European tour event of the Hero Indian Open in 2016.
The 17 year old who trains at Army Golf course, Delhi capped his season off briliantly by doing the unexpected. He secured full playing rights on the Asian Tour for 2017 by advancing through the first stage and then tying for 11th in the final stage in Thailand. He became the youngest Indian to achieve the feat and is destined for a bright future.
Viraj Madappa
The Kolkatta lad who started playing at the ge of 9 has put together a fine amateur career before turning professional for his first event this week. He was ranked second on the IGU Amateur order of merit in 2015 and as high as world number 47 on the Official World Amateur Golf rankings in 2016.
Viraj built up a reputation of being one of the best junior golfers in the world through his amazing experiences competing around the globe from India, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand to the USA. Viraj was a member of the Indian National Team and has played in the last three Asia Pacific Amateur Championships where the winner gets a spot in The Master's.
He was drafted in to the Texas A&M Men’s golf team in 2015 and went on to play in the Porter’s Cup, a tournament exclusive to the top amateurs of the world, besides a few inter-colegiate events. The experience of playing over in the states will help him in the long run as he seeks to become a top professional in years to come.
He has great size to go with outstanding club head speed so he can send it out there off the tee. He also has nice touch around the greens and is a good putter. He also shows remarakable dedication to the game when he prepares and his commitment and work ethic are outstanding assets he possesses.
His achievements: • Polo Junior Golf Ranking: - No. 1 Player in India - No. 27 Player in the US• Three-time India Junior Player of the Year (2012-14)• No. 3 Ranked Amateur in India• Member of Indian National Team (2015-2016)• Member of Indian National Junior Team (2012-14)• 2015 Taiwan Amateur Champion• Youngest player from India to play The Nomura Cup (Asia Pacific Team Championship)• Youngest player from India to play in The Asia Pacific Amateur• 2015 Competed in Asia Pacific Open (Professional Tournament) as an amateur• 2015 All India Junior Golf Champion – youngest winner ever• 2015 Nick Faldo Asia Grand Finals – runner up• 2015 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley – 4th Place• 2015 Nepal Amateur Championship – 4th Place• Won 22 Amateur & Junior Tournaments in India from 2010-14 (18 Junior, 4 Amateur)
