Here is all you need to know about the wonder kid Avani Prashanth, her age, career, records and parents
Avani Prashanth, a teenage star, made history when she became the first Indian to take home the famous Queen Sirikit Cup.
She not only took home a medal from the competition, but thanks to her success, Team India finished in second place, setting a record for the country in the 43-year history of the event.
Who is golf player Avani Prashanth, her age, biography, parents, career, wins
The 16-year-old Avani defeated her New Zealand rival by a huge 10-stroke margin to claim the victory.
Avani, who is ranked 93rd in the world among amateur golfers, is a name to keep an eye on in the Indian golf nation.
Avani is now ranked No. 1 in India in the ‘C’ category (11–13 years) in the Indian Golf Union’s Order of Merit (IGU).
Who is Avani Prashanth?
Avani, who began playing golf at the age of four, is now a two-time national amateur champion at the age of 16, having won most recently in the final week of November at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.
Avani Prashanth career records, and achievements so far
Avani Prashanth, of Bengaluru, India’s top amateur female golfer, has been selected for the World Child Prodigy Award 2022. The young golfer has already won several awards and expects to win more in the future.
Avani picked up a club for the first time at the age of three and four years later started winning events. She has been considered the nation’s most promising female golfer and the follow-up to the ground-breaking Aditi Ashok.
In the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour, Avani has achieved victories twice. Also representing India, she competed in the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Golf Championship and the Asia Pacific Golf Council, placing in the top 16 in both events.
Avani is one of the youngest women to ever win both the stroke and match competitions. She did so in November when she won the All India Women Amateur Golf Championship of the Indian Golf Union (IGU).
Avani, a talented player who even captained her Greenwood High International School, placed tied for 16th in the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Golf Championship held in the United Arab Emirates before taking home the national amateur crowns in India. The Indian amateur’s finest debut performance was that one.
Avani’s father M S Prashanth, a golfer himself
Avani first mentioned her desire to play golf to her father, M. S. Prashanth, at that time. Although her father wasn’t sure if she was serious about playing the sport, he was impressed by her eye-hand coordination and the way she would swing the club.
Prashanth realised what her next step in her journey was after becoming a golfer himself and receiving training from coach Nathan Sundaram.
Despite Avani’s short 5-foot-7, 114-pound frame, she isn’t short in terns of her game.