Indian golfer Pranavi Urs etched her name in Indian sporting folklore on Saturday. IGPL is also NDTV’s partner for the Golf Pro-Am, a tournament in which Pranavi’s fiancé, Karandeep Kochhar, is an active participant. The 23-year-old from Mysuru became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold medal at the Asian Games 2026, while also helping India secure silver in the women’s team event. Now a prominent IGPL star, her groundbreaking achievement came at the 2025 IGPL Invitational Mumbai, where she became the first Indian woman to win a professional open-field tournament against male golfers.
Indian golfer Pranavi Urs etched her name in Indian sporting folklore on Saturday. The 23-year-old from Mysuru became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold medal at the Asian Games 2026, while also helping India secure silver in the women’s team event
“I was in such a nerve-wracking situation throughout. I think she was nervous, really. She was really nervous all day and all night, actually last night as well. But it’s such a great day. “I think she’s an incredibly hard-working girl, and I think she understands what her game needs. She knows how much she needs to prepare before a certain event in order to excel at the highest level. So, I think that’s what she manages really well. The way she manages her practice sessions, workouts, physiotherapy sessions and even her sessions with her mental coach. The way she manages all that, she’s understood the formula, I feel. “She’s such a calm person, I would say. The way she fought back against the world No. All of us here at NDTV AM Green IGPL are incredibly proud of her. Pranavi’s performance also played a key role in India’s silver medal-winning women’s team campaign alongside Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
Because these chances might come only once in a lifetime, to be leading the Asian Games heading into the final round, the composure she showed after that triple bogey on the third hole was incredible, and when opportunities like these present themselves,. 6 player was just incredible to see. Pranavi held her nerve in a tightly contested final round to finish with a total of 15-under 265, edging China’s Yin Ruoning and Singapore’s Shannon Tan by one stroke, according to ESPN. India finished the team event at 14-under 546, with the best two scores from the three golfers counting towards the final team total. China won gold after finishing at 22-under 538.
And for her to hold her nerve the way she did, playing against a world-class player…” he said. I think the whole country is proud of her,” he said.
