In today's episode, I have the pleasure of inviting Shubham Jaglan. Shubham Jaglan, an Indian amateur golfer who won the Junior World Golf Championships in 2015. Jaglan is also a 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. In 2020, he was awarded the child prodigy award for Golfing.
An NRI named Kapur Singh started a golf academy in Jaglan's village. Jaglan was enrolled in the academy by his grandfather. Against his family's wishes 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 an annual scholarship of INR 2.0 lakh and membership in the Delhi Golf Club, which helped the father and son relocate to Delhi to continue his training.
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