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Pranavi Urs Wins Historic Asian Games Golf Gold
Pranavi Urs won the women’s individual golf gold at the Asian Games.
She was the first Indian woman to win that title.
A triple bogey on the third hole erased her three-shot lead.
She stayed calm and made birdies on three later holes.
Her final round was even-par 70, and her total was 15-under 265.
That was one stroke better than the next score.
Yin Ruoning won silver, while Shannon Tan won bronze after a playoff.
Urs’s result also helped India win silver in the team event, with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games.
She recovered from a triple bogey on the third hole with birdies on the sixth, 10th and 13th.
Urs shot an even-par 70 in the final round and finished at 15-under 265, one stroke ahead.
Yin Ruoning won silver and Shannon Tan bronze after both finished at 266; the reports describe a playoff.
India won women’s team silver at 14-under 546, behind China at 22-under 538; Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar were teammates.
- Who
- Pranavi Urs won individual gold; Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar were her Indian team-mates.
- What
- Urs won the women’s individual golf gold, and India won team silver.
- Where
- The Asian Games in Nagoya; one report identifies Kasugai Country Club as the course.
- When
- Saturday, October 3, according to reports; the articles do not consistently establish the year.
- Why
- Urs won by finishing one stroke ahead; her score also contributed to India’s team silver.
Key facts
- Individual winning score
- 15-under 265
- Winning margin
- One stroke
- Final-round score
- Even-par 70
- Individual silver and bronze
- Yin Ruoning and Shannon Tan both finished at 266; reports say Tan took bronze after a playoff.
- Team standings
- China won gold at 22-under 538; India took silver at 14-under 546; Chinese Taipei was third at 560.
- Indian team members
- Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar; the two best scores counted each day.
- Historical milestone
- Urs’s win was India’s first Asian Games golf gold since Shiv Kapur’s men’s individual victory in 2002.
Quotes
Pranavi Urs
Indian golfer who won the Asian Games women’s individual golf gold
“I honestly didn’t know I won until Shannon said, ‘Well done’. So yeah, I mean, I just knew it was either a putt to win or it was a putt to force a playoff, and all I wanted to do was obviously hole the putt. I’m glad I could do it. After my first putt, I said to myself, ‘Why did you leave it three feet short?’ But it’s fine.”
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“That’s always the goal - to always be the first one to do anything. The first will always be the first, and I’ve always had that motto growing up and I’m just glad I could do it. So yeah, like I said, IGPL was good, but this gold beats it.”
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Sources
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