Gauri Karhade was just eight when she first came across golf by accident while surfing cartoon channels on television. Though she didn't know what sort of sport it was, she was glued to the channel for a while. Later, it became a habit. Nine years on — on Friday — Gauri, 17 won her maiden Women's Pro Golf Tour title in Hyderabad.

"My first impression of this sport was about people walking in a big garden and then putting some balls in a particular hole. Then I asked my father [ex-sports writer Sanjay] about it and he told me that it's a sport called golf. I got attracted initially because of the greenery and scenic atmosphere," Gauri says at her Kharghar residence on Saturday.