The 12-year-old who didn't think much of the sport she'd been made to learn at the summer camp, to the hopeful teenager who'll get the big stage to flaunt her game in the Finnish summer: Gauri Monga has come quite a distance.
Just 15, Delhi girl Gauri has been picked by Finnair, on what they say is a recommendation from the Indian Golf Union, to play at the Finnair Masters in Helsinki in late August, a Ladies European Tour event.
Gauri, whose game, she says was turned around in a two-month coaching stint with senior professional Ashok Kumar, really made a mark when she won the amateur title at the Asian tour's Indian Open earlier this year. While a big-stage performance is always better noticed, Gauri had also made sure that there was no danger of her being branded a one-tournament wonder. In the last amateur season, the class X student had won five titles, and at least two of them by 10-shot margins.
Gauri, who currently plays off scratch, has said that she had a 16 handicap when she was taken to Ashok by her mother, and in ten months, he brought it down to 2. Ashok obviously saw something he could work on to match her to the best in the country. Come August, and we'll watch on with pride as the youngster tries to match up to the best in Europe.
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