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

Pranavi 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 her boyfriend Kochhar by two shots overnight, played efficient and solid golf with eight birdies, the last of which appropriately came on the 18th to finish 14-under for the week as against Kochhar’s 64, which ended with his second eagle of the day. Kochhar totalled 12-under.

Kochhar was generous in his praise of Pranavi, “I had this feeling t

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