My Olympics preparation is not going to change much: Pranavi Urs
Indian golfer Pranavi Urs reflects on her historic individual gold medal win at the Asian Games in Japan. She discusses her future ambitions, including winning a Major or an Olympic medal, and the significance of her achievement for women's golf in India.
Why it matters
This marks a milestone for Indian sports, specifically for women's representation in professional golf on the international stage.
Lakshman Singh in 1982 (New Delhi). Shiv Kapur in 2002 (Busan). Pranavi Urs in 2026 (Aichi-Nagoya).For only the third time in history, an Indian golfer won the individual gold at the Asian Games but this one was a bit more special - no Indian woman had achieved this before the 23-year-old from Karnataka. The journey to the top step of the podium had its ups and downs but Pranavi stayed strong, patient and eventually finished the job.
In a media interaction facilitated by the Sports Authority of India, Pranavi shares snippets from the dramatic final day in Japan and how a certain Rory McIlroy played a role in her victory, what this gold means for women’s golf in India, and the way forward:
What does being the first Indian woman golfer to win an individual Asian Games gold medal mean to you?
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