Spending too much time in a bunker isn’t normally conducive to a starting a golf career, but for sisters Jahanvi and Hitaashee Bakshi, it was the perfect beginning.
“I played in the sand for two years when I started going to the golf course” says 18-year-old Hitaashee, “but then, I was only six years old.”
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The Indian professionals were introduced to golf by their parents, in a country, where before 2005, there was no avenue for women to earn money from the game.
“At first, I was fascinated by the birds and the squirrels at the course”, says 19-year-old Jahanvi, winner of four titles on the domestic Women’s Professional Golf Tour in India. “Then, once you win a tournament, there is no going back. My ultimate ambition is to earn a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame”.
