Avani has gained experience playing in Scotland
Avani Prashanth, India’s top-ranked amateur, last week made it to the last 16 in the R&A’s Girls’s Amateur at the famous British Open Championship course, Carnoustie, in Scotland.
In the stroke play rounds, the 15-year-old Prashanth shot 74-76 to finish 14th among the 144 girls and qualify for match play. She proceeded to beat Italy’s Rebecca Glasso 3&2 in the Round of 32 and Holland’s Fleur Van Beek 5&4 in the Round of 16 before losing to England’s Rachel Gourley who was 5 under par for the day on the 16th green when the match ended 4&2.
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India’s other participant, 13-year-old Zara Anand, did not qualify for match play after shooting 82-82 (+22) in tough windy conditions.
The Girls’ Amateur Championship, first played in 1919 is a highly coveted junior title. Past winners include major champions and Solheim Cup players such as Anna Nordqvist, Suzann Pettersen, Azahara Munoz and Georgia Hall. More recently, Slovenia’s Pia Babnik triumphed in 2019 and has already gone on to win on the Ladies’ European Tour.
The winner gains exemptions into the Women’s Amateur Championship, the US Girls’ Junior Championship, Final Qualifying for the AIG Women’s Open and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
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