Shubham Jaglan

Shubham Jaglan (born 16 August 2004) is an Indian amateur golfer who won the Junior World Golf Championships in 2015. Jaglan is also World Record holder, 9 under in Classic Junior Open, 2012 and is recipient of the "NDTV – Emerging Player" and "Margdarshan" awards. Jaglan has won over 100 domestic and international tournaments.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Shubham Jaglan
Personal information
Born (2004-08-16) 16 August 2004
Village Israna, Panipat district, Haryana
Nationality India
ResidenceNew Delhi
Career
StatusAmateur
Achievements and awards
NDTV - Emerging Player award2013
Margdarshan Award2013

Early life

Jaglan was born in village Israna, Panipat district, Haryana. His father is a milkman by profession and his family practices Pehlwani. He received his primary education in his village and now studies at the Laxman Public School in Delhi.[1][6]

Golf career

An NRI named Kapur Singh started a golf academy in Jaglan's village. Jaglan was enrolled into the academy by his grandfather. Against the wishes of his family and despite the academy shutting down, Jaglan continued his practice on a small piece of land in his backyard. This land was cleaned by his father and converted into a green with three holes. Most of Jaglan's formative training was self-taught from videos on YouTube.

He was later spotted by The Golf Foundation that gave him annual scholarship of INR 2.0 lakh and a membership in the Delhi Golf Club, which in turn helped the father and son to relocate to Delhi to continue his training.[1][6][7]

Tournament wins

References
  1. "World Junior Golf title". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. "Shubham Jaglan wins World Junior Golf Championship". IBN Live. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. "Shubham vows to beat Nicklaus record". Golfing Indian. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. "Son of milk-man lifts Junior World Golf Championships title". First Post. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. "From field golf to world champion golfer". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. "India's next big thing". India Today. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. "Tiger Woods befriended". Zee News. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. Sharma, Ateet (29 November 2013). "Shubham Jaglan: Tiger Woods is passe, meet India's next big thing!". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  9. "Shubham Jaglan, Ten-year-old Son of a Haryana Milkman, Lifts Junior World Golf Championship Title". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  10. "India's Shubham Jaglan Clinches Maiden European Junior Golf Title". NDTV. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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