Other Indian Golfers thread

[prajgolf]

43rd Queen Sirikit Cup

Round 3 scores:

Team Leaderboard

1 South Korea -7
2 India -5
T3 New Zealand +1
T3 Japan +1
T3 Indonesia +1

Individual Leaderboard:

1 Avani Prashant -12
T19 Vidharti Urs +7
T29 Nishna Patel +16

Avani is still leading the individual event by 5 shots.
Our girls are on the verge of two podium finishes.

[arjun2761]

“I’m loving the course and the wide fairways,” said Prashanth, who averages 270 yards off the tee. “I’m feeling confident and am looking forward to the next two days here.”

From the website of the tournament.

With that kind of length at this age, Avani likely has solid LPGA potential.

[prajgolf]

43rd Queen Sirikit Cup

Final scores:

Team Leaderboard:

1 South Korea -12
2 India -7
T3 Japan -3
T3 Indonesia -3

Individual Leaderboard:

1 Avani Prashant -16
19 Vidharti Urs +9
T30 Nishna Patel +19

Avani Prashanth scripts history as she becomes the 1st Indian to win Queen Sirkit Cup by a margin of 10 shots.
Team India finishes as runner-ups the best finish for us in event's 43-year history.
Congratulations

[prajgolf]

Avani has jumped 16 places in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) to a career high ranking of 77.

[prajgolf]

Women's Amateur Asia Pacific

Round 1 scores:

T11 Nishna Patel -1
T21 Avani Prashanth +1
T28 Anika Varma +2
T53 Mannat Brar +4
T60 Vidharthi Urs +5
T64 Lavanya Jadon +6

[prajgolf]

Women's Amateur Asia Pacific

Round 2 scores:

T13 Nishna Patel -1
T19 Avani Prashanth E
------missed cut------
Mannat Brar +9
Anika Varma +11
Lavanya Jadon +13
Vidharthi Urs +14

[prajgolf]

Women's Amateur Asia Pacific

Final scores:

T28 Avani Prashanth +5
T35 Nishna Patel +7

[arjun2761]

Disappointing finish for Avani as most of the top finishers were also at the last tournament that she won.

Saw coverage of the final round on the golf channel and the commentators noted the immense talent of Avani who was following the Thai winner who also won by a big margin.

[Kumar]

Avani Prashanth recently won the LET access series event in August. Maybe time to start new thread for her?

https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tourna ... -in-Sweden


She is turning 17 in October and had also recently placed 9th in Kenyan open (tour event). As per the above article, she is expected to get age exemption to play in LET qualifying tournament at the end of this year .

[Vee]

Avani Prashanth recently won the LET access series event in August. Maybe time to start new thread for her?

Kumar, while I agree she has had some very creditable success stories and results so far, should we wait for her to first get on a regular professional tour such as the Ladies European Tour (LET) before we add a page for her? I'm OK either way.

I hope she gets through the LET qualifying tournament. Interestingly, I read in an article in the Times of India (TOI) that the minimum age for women golfers to play at LET qualifiers is 18, but the LET director made an exception for her due to her recent successes.

I know she is being touted as a future golf superstar by the media, but the proof of the pudding...

Also, Avani has said that she wants to play for India at the Olympics, but do you think she has a chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics? I think her world golf ranking as of now is not high enough. Do you (or anybody else in the forum) know what the criteria is for selection to India's golf team for Paris Olympics?

[prajgolf]

Avani Prashanth finished second in the Australian Master of Amateurs Championships.

Avani had rounds of 71-68-77-70 for a 6-under 286 while the winner Malixi with 70-72-74-69 carded 7-under 285.

Malixi and Avani will battle it out again this week at the Australian Amateurs and then at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Thailand in early February.

Avani missed out on the European Tour Qualification last month and has decided to continue as amateur for some time as she currently ranked 50 in the world.

The other Indian participant in the women's section Heena Kang missed the 54-hole cut, as did Rohit Narwal and Sandeep Yadav in men's section.

[prajgolf]

Avani Prashanth has finished T11 at the Australian Women's Amateur Open.

She is currently ranked 42 in the world amateur rankings.

Avani has also received a invite for the European Tour 2024 opening event of Kenya Open.

[prajgolf]

Hitaashee Bakshi has won the 2024 Thai LPGA Q-School by 3 shots and has qualified for the 2024 season. This is first time an Indian has qualified for the Thai LPGA. Hitaashee also won a prize money of 20,000 baht.

Fellow Indian Sneha Singh has finished T33 and missed the qualification mark as only Top-20 make it to next season.

Thai LPGA offers World ranking points and can boost Hitaashee's rankings

[prajgolf]

Avani Prashanth has finished T10 at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship. She is now ranked 40 in the World amateur rankings.

Avani has also got a invite for Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship which will be held in April.