Pranavi Urs, 23, won the women’s individual golf gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 3.
She finished at 15-under 265 at the Kasugai Country Club East Course.
She is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games golf gold.
India’s previous golf gold at the Games was Shiv Kapur’s men’s individual title at Busan 2002.
India also won women’s team silver with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
The course is a par 70, so four rounds add up to a par of 280, which makes a total of 265 equal to 15 under par.
The Asian Games golf competition has individual and team events, played over four rounds.
Aditi Ashok finished fourth in women’s golf at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, one of the best Olympic results by an Indian golfer.
The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.
A triple bogey is a score of three shots over par on a single hole, and a birdie is a score of one shot under par.
Golf has been part of the Asian Games programme since the 1982 Games in New Delhi.
October 3 was Day 14 of the Asian Games 2026.
India’s golf medals at the Games now include the individual gold and the women’s team silver.
Urs’s final-round 70 was even par for the course, and her first three rounds had built the three-shot lead she took into the last day.
Pranavi Urs, 23, won the women’s individual golf gold at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday, October 3.
She finished the four-round competition at 15-under 265 at the Kasugai Country Club East Course.
She won by one stroke over Singapore’s Shannon Xuan Yin Tan and China’s Yin Ruoning, who shared second place at 14-under 266.
Urs began the final round three shots clear of the field.
Golf putting green (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain
