Pranavi Urs battles illness to share fourth at Indian Open after Asian Games gold

On 25 October 2026, Indian professional golfer Pranavi Urs completed the Hero Women’s Indian Open in a tie for fourth place. The 23-year-old finished at three under par, 285 strokes, at DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurugram, with rounds of 70, 70, 73 and 72. Czech player Sara Kouskova matched her score. Urs had also finished fourth at her national open in 2025, making this a second consecutive near-miss rather than a first breakthrough victory.

A homecoming after Asian Games history

Just three weeks earlier, on 3 October, Urs won individual gold at the Asian Games in Japan, becoming the first Indian woman to take that honour in golf. She also contributed to India’s team silver medal. The result transformed the attention surrounding her return to a tournament where she first competed as an amateur. Speaking to the Ladies European Tour before the event, she identified winning the Indian Open in front of home supporters as an especially meaningful ambition.

In contention despite illness

Urs opened the week with back-to-back 70s, moving to four under par after 36 holes and a share of second place. At halfway she was only two strokes behind Swiss leader Chiara Tamburlini. Keeping pace was particularly demanding because Urs was dealing with a stomach bug through the week. Her start kept a home victory within reach, but it did not guarantee she would be able to sustain the challenge over all 72 holes.

She followed with 73 on Saturday and an even-par 72 on Sunday. Reports from the closing round noted successive late bogeys that limited her final position. The four-day total of 285 secured a share of fourth with Kouskova. Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum captured a record fourth title at this event; India's Vani Kapoor finished second and Singapore’s Shannon Tan third.

What fourth place means for Urs

A result outside the top three is inevitably short of the target Urs set after her Asian Games triumph, but the two competitions featured different fields and challenges. Her second straight fourth-place finish at the Indian Open underlines a capacity to contend at home, even while unwell. Turning repeated high finishes into a Ladies European Tour victory remains the next target, not an outcome that this week can promise.

Official LET final report: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/phatlum-storms-to-unprecedented-fourth-hero-womens-indian-open-title. LET’s pre-event interview with Urs: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/golden-girl-urs-primed-for-home-event-after-asian-games-heroics. Final round-by-round results and illness report: https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/pornanong-pockets-fourth-india-open-title-three-indians-top-10/20261025.htm.

Illustrative photo: Photos2Use / Wikimedia Commons, “Golf ball near hole” (2013), CC0 1.0; commercial reuse permitted. The photograph does not depict Pranavi Urs or this tournament. File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golf_ball_near_hole.jpg; licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/