Avani Prashanth

Last updated

Avani Prashanth
Personal information
Born (2006-10-07) 7 October 2006 (age 19)
Bangalore, India
Sporting nationalityFlag of India.svg  India
ResidenceBangalore, India
Career
Turned professional2024
Current tour Ladies European Tour
Professional wins3

Avani Prashanth (born 7 October 2006) is an Indian professional golfer. She was the youngest player in the Indian squad for the Asian Games at Hangzhou, China in 2023. She became the first amateur player from India to take part in the Augusta National Women's Amateur tournament. [1]

Contents

Early life

Prashanth was born in Bangalore. Her father, M.S. Prashanth, encouraged her to play golf. She attends Greenwood High International School, Bangalore. She started playing golf at an early age of 3 years and 10 months. [2] She is currently India's No. 1 amateur golfer. [3] She trained under Laurence Brotheridge of Great Britain for four years. [1]

Amateur career

In February 2021, Prashanth won her first tournament on the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour in Mumbai. [2] In October, she won her second tournament in the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour at Panchkula. [4] She also won both the All India Ladies and Amateur titles. [5] She played the Women's Amateur Asia Pacific Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi and finished T-16. [3]

In 2022, she won her third Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour event and won the individual and team gold in the 36th National Games.

In February 2023, she represent India in the Queen Sirikit Cup with the team finishing second to South Korean and Prashanth winning the individual event. In May, she finished first in the selection trials for the Asian Games. In September, she won the Ahlsell Final to become the first Indian to win on the LET Access Series. [6]

Prashanth turned professional in 2024 and plays on the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins

LET Access Serires wins

Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour wins (3)

Source: [3]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Rozario, Rayan (23 August 2023). "Indian golf's young superstar Avani Prashanth looking to make it count at the Asian Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Avani gears up to shine on the big stage". The Times of India. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Avani Prashanth". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Avani puts pros in the shade". The Times of India. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Meet Avani Prashanth, the 15-year-old breaking barriers at the Augusta National Women's Amateur". Golf Digest. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Achal, Ashwin (1 September 2023). "After making history, Avani Prashanth shoots for the stars". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.