Shubham Jaglan (born 16 August 2004) is an Indian amateur

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who won the

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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.

Early life

Jaglan was born in village Israna,

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. His father is a

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by profession and his family practices

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. He received his primary education in his village and now studies at the Laxman Public School in Delhi.

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

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. This land was cleaned by his father and converted into a green with three holes. Most of Jaglan's formative training was

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from videos on

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. He was later spotted by The Golf Foundation that gave him annual scholarship of INR 2.0 lakh and a membership in the

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, which in turn helped the father and son to relocate to

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to continue his training.

Tournament wins

*2013 World Masters of Junior Golf *2015

*2016 European Junior Championship

References

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