Archive · 4 Oct 2026
IGU Awards Pranavi Urs Rs 10 Lakh for Asian Games Gold
Pranavi Urs won a gold medal in golf at the Asian Games.
She is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games golf gold.
She also helped India win a team silver medal with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
The Indian Golf Union, which governs the sport in India, approved Rs 10 lakh for Urs.
It also announced Rs 3 lakh for each member of the silver-winning team.
Her gold ended a 24-year wait for India to win another Asian Games golf title.
The Indian Golf Union approved a Rs 10 lakh award for Pranavi Urs after her Asian Games individual gold.
Urs became the first Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in golf.
She also won team silver with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
The IGU announced Rs 3 lakh for each member of the silver-winning women’s team.
Urs’s gold ended India’s 24-year wait for an Asian Games golf title.
- Who
- Pranavi Urs and the Indian women’s golf team, including Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
- What
- The Indian Golf Union approved Rs 10 lakh for Urs’s individual gold and Rs 3 lakh for each member of the women’s team that won silver.
- When
- After the Aich-Nagoya Asian Games; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- At the Aich-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Why
- The awards recognize Urs’s gold-medal performance and the team’s silver medal.
- Individual award
- Rs 10 lakh for Pranavi Urs
- Team award
- Rs 3 lakh for each member of the women’s silver-medal team
- Individual achievement
- First Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in golf
- Team achievement
- India’s first Asian Games medal in the women’s golf team event
- Wait ended
- India’s 24-year wait for an Asian Games golf gold
- Approving body
- Indian Golf Union governing council