Pranavi Urs created history on Thursday by becoming the first Indian woman golfer to win a professional golf tournament while playing alongside men at the IGPL Tour. She got the better of overnight leader Karandeep Kochhar when it mattered the most.

Pranavi was in joint lead with Kochhar on the first day with both shooting 6-under but she slipped to third on the second day after even par performance. The 22-year-old carded a stunning 8-under 60, which was the week’s best card, at the Par-68 Bombay Presidency Golf Club on the final day of the IGPL Invitational Mumbai.

Making her IGPL debut, Pranavi, who was trailing overnight leader Kochhar by two shots, accepted “it was a grind” on Wednesday but she knew how to turn tables on Thursday.

“I had a smooth first round and everything worked m

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