New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Golf, for long considered a game of patience rather than drama, found its heroine in Pranavi Urs on Saturday as the Mysuru golfer turned a wobble at the top into a historic Asian Games gold.
Pranavi had the lead. Then she lost it. And when the pressure was at its sharpest, she found a birdie on the 13th hole, reclaimed the sole lead and refused to let the gold slip away.
The triumph was part of a landmark day for Indian women's golf, with Pranavi, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar also securing the country's first women's team medal at the Asian Games, a silver behind China. Pranavi's individual gold was India's first-ever women's golf gold at the continental showpiece.
The result was India's first-ever women's individual...