Golf

Bengaluru's Aditi Ashok is in contention for a historic Olympic medal in golf after a stellar performance tied her in second rank in the second round of the Tokyo Olympics.

Shubham Jaglan is currently ranked 14th in the world.

Aditi Ashok's impressive track record in golf helped her secure a berth to the 2016 Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro.

On 16 July 2015, Shubham Jaglan won not only the IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championship for the 9-10 age category, but also all the battles that life had posed in front of the 10 year old boy.

Born in a poor family, Chikkarangappa joined a golf resort as a worker to earn a paltry wage of Rs.50 per day. Today, he is a winner in this sport of the rich. Having started by using a tree branch to practice golf swings, his passion made him win his first trophy at the tender age of 11. Read more to know how this farmer's boy became a golfing sensation.