Smriti Mehra

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Smriti Mehra
2010 Women's British Open - Smriti Mehra (3).jpg
Mehra during the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
NicknameSimi
Born (1972-05-12) 12 May 1972 (age 52)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Career
College University of Calcutta
Turned professional1994
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1997–2008)
Futures Tour (1994–2006)
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Ladies Asian Golf Tour1
Epson Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003
U.S. Women's Open T53: 2001
du Maurier Classic T27: 1998
Women's British Open CUT: 2001

Smriti "Simi" Mehra (born 21 May 1972) is the first woman from India to become a member of the world's leading golf tour for women, the US-based LPGA Tour. She is recognized as "a pioneer and a pillar for women's golf in India". [1] She was born in Kolkata, and attended the University of Calcutta before turning professional in 1994.

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Mehra qualified for the LPGA Tour after a victory in the second-tier Futures Tour in 1996. She played in the LPGA Tour from 1997–1999, and from 2001-2004. Her career was interrupted by shoulder surgery in 2005, after which she took part in the Futures Tour in 2006 in the hope of regaining her place at the top level.

In October 2005, Mehra played LPGA Tour golfers Heather Daly-Donofrio, Hilary Lunke and Celeste Troche in the first Women's Professional Skins Game in India to demonstrate top level women's golf in her home country.

In 2012, Mehra was named the "Player of the Year" at the Hero-WGAI awards function. She was credited with being part of the team that stabilised the women's pro tour. She played in all 15 events and won seven of them. [2]

In addition to her own athletic accomplishments, Mehra impacted the golf world by co-founding the Women's Golf Association of India in order to offer Indian women golfers the opportunity to make golf a career.

Personal life

Mehra learned to play golf at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, inspired by her mother, Billy, who had been one of Southeast Asia's leading amateur golfers. Mehra spends her free time teaching disadvantaged children through the Golf Foundation of India. [3]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Futures Tour wins (3)

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Vani, Sharmila will join Aditi as Indian women's golf gains more attention". Women's Indian Open. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Smriti Mehra is Women's Professional Golf Player of the Year". Times of India. 11 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "International Impact: Evian Masters wildcards Mariajo Uribe, Smriti Mehra, and Maria Verchenova all hail from different countries and are making their mark on the sport". Golf Digest. 23 July 2010.
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