the turkish president says 41 people are now known to have died in a coal mine disaster in the north of the country after rescuers recovered the last dead body. recep tayyip erdogan has been visiting the site of the tragedy at amasra on the black sea. now on bbc news, the rise of women s golf in india. 20 years ago, professional golf for women in india didn t exist. i fell in love with putting when i was five and a half. my teachers weren t very happy that i would take so much leave from school to play tournaments. i was so thrilled and happy. i was lost in the moment, oh my god, is it real? we ve had multiple indian winners in ten years. accessibility to golf. is a challenge and not just in india. today i would say a0 50% of the kids that i train are girls, it s a profession that parents are highly encouraging their children to go in. my goal is to win the olympics and a pga us open. it hasn t always been this way forfemale golfers in india. amateur status went hand in han
and a pga us open. it hasn t always been this way forfemale golfers in india. amateur status went hand in hand with picking up the sport. professionalism was unheard of in indian women s golf for the most part of the previous century. it finally came less than two decades ago and that was thanks to the vision and persistence of a select few. i saw a lot of golf which was traditional and i was determined to change the mindset. i needed to put in a lot more innovation, break away from the old thinking. earlier it used to be just participation by a few. now you have seen the mindset is changing, they are wanting to win and more number of them. think success within your own country, your own colleagues|
year on the course just outside new delhi. covid has ruled out the last two editions of the tournament, but now it is back and ready to welcome the world. india was always an interesting market from the first time we went, over ten years ago now. we only had one member from india, but the wgai was extremely active about wanting to play the game and especially the women s game, and now we find that we have 12 members on the let with a lot of success. let is also playing a very vital role when it goes there and we have the hero women s open, so it has given a lot of visibility there in india and more number of girls especially are coming to this game. just playing in india, that was primarily for fun, but if you are looking at a career and as a profession, then the let has opened doors for all these girls and making a living and profession out of it. an interesting aspect of our collaboration
when i was nine, i actually visited the let event. when let first came to india, it was in bangalore, actually, an hour away from where i lived. so, yeah, that was the first time i actually saw women s golf, professional golf, and that was when i decided, you know, that s what i wanted to do. i really wanted to become one of the big stars, - i really wanted to perform well and win some more i let tournaments. i also want to play on lpg that is my biggest dream. l aside from 0lympic success, having an indian female win a major would provide the ultimate uplift. legendary status awaits the first one to achieve it. but how realistic is that prospect? beating the world s elite is a major challenge. you think of the the population of india i mean, just a fraction of them take up the game. i mean, they could end up being a dominant force. when i came out, there weren t any indian players, like, maybe one or two,
visited the let event. when let first came to india, it was in bangalore, actually, an hour away from where i lived. so, yeah, that was the first time i actually saw women s golf, professional golf, and that was when i decided, you know, that s what i wanted to do. i really wanted to become one of the big stars, - i really wanted to perform well and win some more i let tournaments. i also want to play on lpg that is my biggest dream. l aside from 0lympic success, having an indian female win a major would provide the ultimate uplift. legendary status awaits the first one to achieve it. but how realistic is that prospect? beating the world s elite is a major challenge. you think of the the population of india i mean, just a fraction of them take up the game. i mean, they could end up being a dominant force. when i came out, there weren t any indian players, like, maybe one or two, but now there s quite a few out here, and obviously they re growing the game over there