Shubhankar, Bhullar, Chawrasia face an uphill task at Italian Open

Indian trio of Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar and SSP Chawrasia will look to turn around their fortunes when they tee off at the Italian Open golf tournament here on Thursday.

While Shubhankar missed the cut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Bhullar missed the weekend action at Mutuactivos Open de Espaa last week and both will be itching to bounce back this week.

Bhullar has been struggling to find form off-late with a T-53 finish at the Scandinavian Invitation being his best performance amongst the last five tournaments.

Chawrasia's best finish in the last five tournaments came at last week's Mutuactivos Open de Espaa where he signed off at T-55, after having missed the cut in the previous four European Tour events.

The Indian trioka thus will look to put their best foot forward at the picturesque Olgiata Golf Course, which last hosted this event in 2002 when Ian Poulter took the title.

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