After Kartik Sharma finished Day 1 of the Tata Steel Tour Championship at 6-under 66, there was nothing on the man that gave the impression that it was a good start to the week.
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But then, that’s the way Kartik is, the calm surface a perfect camouflage to what makes him.
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There was one insight though, the tattoo of a tiger with a clock. Unlike the day, which Kartik termed was a grind given that it was tough from tee to green, quite like the season, he was happy to talk about what led him to get inked.
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It has to do with his pet dog Simba, who has a close resemblance with the tattoo, and reminds him of her on Tour. As for the clock, it is a celebration of the traveller in the young athlete.
Travel is round the corner when Kartik arrives in Thailand for Asian Tour’s Q-School in January, but right now there is a task on hand, to go much better than last year’s 10th finish in Jamshedpur.
