London 26, 2005
Ashok Gupta
NRI (non-resident Indian) , UK teenager Kiran Matharu
has scored a stunning success in the Faldo Series,
winning the girls’ championship by 11 shots.
The 15-year-old girl international from Leeds, stormed
away from the field in the final at Burhill with a
five-under par 68 and a one-over 74. Kiran, who is
a member of Team Faldo, followed up her win by playing
a five-ball betterball with Nick Faldo, Oliver Fisher,
Carly Booth and James Heath, the winner of the Under
21 section. The group finished 15 under par.
This major win caps the season for Kiran, who took
up golf only 4½ years ago and has a handicap
of plus-two. Her other achievements in 2004 include
reaching final qualifying for the women’s British
Open, finishing runner-up in the English Girls’
Championship and helping England retain the Stroyan
Cup in the girls’ home internationals.
When she was about 12, she went to the golf course
with her dad and was just watching him hit balls on
the range.
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Kiran Matharu from Yorkshire is Britain's Michelle
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his daughter will achieve as much as the American
golfer as soon as she turns pro, he tells Clare Balding
Sunday October 23, 2005
The Observer
What do Richard Williams, Earl Woods and BJ Wie have
in common? They have turned their children into leading
international athletes with talent and self-belief
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