With time golf has become a well known and prestigious sport in India. Not only men, but women have also started taking interest in the game. Today, there are excellent Women Golfers representing almost every state of India. The Top 10 women golfers include Simi Mehra, Irina Brar, Shalini Malik, Vandana Agarwal, Sanam Merchant, Mayali Talwar, Shruti Khanna, Parinita Grewal, Mayali Talwar and Seema Sobti.
The winner of Women's professional Golf Tour, Irina Brar from Chandigarh won the sixth and final leg of the DLF Women's professional Golf Tour. She ranked number one in the Indian Golf Union's ladies section. She has also won the Singapore Open, Sri Lankan Open and the All India Women's Open.
Irina Brar's day at the Delhi Golf Club on Friday as she claimed her second Ladies Northern India title with a record score of 6 under par --the first time ever that an Indian woman player has won a Championship with a sub-par score. She won with ease as she trounced the rest of the field of the country's top women players.
But it was Irina all the way as not only did she collect a plethora of trophies for the handicap events of the Delhi Ladies Golf Week played concurrently over 54 holes of the 72 hole main even, but she collected Rs.15,000 for her sub-par rounds, and an extra fillip of five thousand presented to her by the Delhi Golf Club. To further sweeten the day, Mr Siddarth Shriram, Chairman of Mawana Sugar, of the Shriram Group of Companies, the main sponsors for the Championship announced that Irina would also receive her weight in Marwana Sugar.
Ms.Irina Brar on her achievement on the northern India ladies golf with a 12-under par has been awarded sugar equal to her weight by Mawana Sugar along with a golf set of her choice.
Golfing in India is the new rage with some of the Indian players making big on the global stage.Thankfully, being in the capital city of India, Golf course in Delhi is really world-class in nature and what a scenic lush greenery !! Amazing and truly awesome..
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