On the eve of the Australian Master of the Amateurs Championship, to be held in Australia from January 9, Avani Prashant, the only Indian woman golfer to be ranked in the world top 50, said it is always an honour for her to represent India in .
The home hopes will be pinned on 2016 champion Aditi Ashok at the USD 400,000 Hero Women Indian Open which tees off at the DLF Golfamp;Country Club on Thursday.
The Indian trio of Avani Prashant, Smriti Bhargav, and Nishna Patel made a modest start at the 29th Women's World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy here on Thursday. Avani (75) and Smriti (73) carded the two best scores among the three as India was tied-24th with a day's total of 148. The American duo of Rachel Heck and Rose Zhang shot 68 and 69