Pranavi Urs becomes first Indian woman to win Asian Games golf gold
Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman to win gold in the women’s individual golf at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday, October 3. She completed four rounds at the Kasugai Country Club East Course on 15-under 265, finishing one stroke clear of the field.
The 23-year-old from Mysuru was competing in her second Asian Games. Before this edition, India had won seven Asian Games golf medals — three gold and four silver — and Pranavi’s victory is India’s first golf gold since Shiv Kapur’s men’s individual title in 2002; no Indian woman had previously claimed golf gold at the Games. Aditi Ashok had won individual silver at Hangzhou 2022, and India’s men’s team had not reached the podium since 2010.
Urs began the final round holding a three-shot advantage but saw that lead disappear after a triple bogey at the third hole. She responded with three birdies, carded an even-par 70 on the last day and secured the title with a par putt on the 18th hole.
Singapore’s Shannon Xuan Yin Tan and China’s Yin Ruoning finished tied at 14-under 266. Yin Ruoning, a six-time LPGA winner and the 2023 Women’s PGA Championship major champion, won the silver medal by defeating Shannon Xuan in a shoot-off.
India also won silver in the women’s team event, where each round counts the two best scores from the three players. In the final round Aditi Ashok shot 67, Pranavi Urs shot 70 and Diksha Dagar shot 77, leaving India on 14-under 546; China took team gold on 22-under 538, eight shots ahead.
Pranavi’s rise includes victories on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour when she won the second and third legs in 2020, a third-place finish on the Ladies European Tour at the 2024 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de España, and a 2025 win at the IGPL Invitational Mumbai where she became the first Indian woman to win a professional tournament while competing alongside men with a final-round 60.
The individual title was secured on October 3 at the Kasugai Country Club East Course, completing Urs’s breakthrough performance at her second Asian Games.
