Shubhankar, Lahiri will be in focus during run up to 2019 Presidents Cup

India's rising golf star Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri are expected to be in race to claim a spot in the International team for the Presidents Cup, to be held at the historic Royal Melbourne Golf Club in December 2019.

Earlier this week, Ernie Els, a member of the International team when it scored its lone win in 1998, and Tiger Woods were announced as the captains. Both were vice captains for their respective teams in 2017.

While the 21-year-old Shubhankar has emerged as one of the biggest potentials on Asian and European Tours, where he leads both Order of Merits, Lahiri is the only Indian to have figured in a Presidents Cup team having played in both 2015 and 2017.

Putting focus on India and China, the PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said, If you look at what's happening in the game right now internationally, you've got HaoTong Li inside the top-40 in the world from China, (and) Shubhankar Sharma from India who has played exceedingly well,
Lahiri, too, tweeted, So exciting to see two of the greatest legends of golf @TigerWoods @TheBig_Easy lead their @PresidentsCup teams in 2019. Still remember their epic battle into the dark. What a privilege it would be to make it to that team #whatdreamsaremadeof