Indian milkman's son chases dream in greener pastures


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 22 Aug 2015

Indian golfer Shubham Jaglan attends a news conference at a golf club in New Delhi, India, August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Golfing prodigy Shubham Jaglan turned 11 last week but the only son of a milkman from rural India is aloof to the cartoons and toys that usually draw boys of his age.

The winner of back-to-back titles on the world junior golf circuit in the United States last month knows he must make sacrifices to achieve his dreams.

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