Women's Golf Association of India

Professional Women’s Golf -An Ideal Career

The best Amateur women golfers displayed their skill at the recently concluded Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific staged in Vietnam. Close to the hundred players field, as is evident from the new countries whose players are making their debut the popularity of the sport is soaring. The scores displayed at this amateur-level event are to be complimented. 20-year-old Malaysian amateur Jeneath Wong took home the coveted trophy with the lowest-ever score since the inception of the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship. Wong’s 18 under a score that would give any top professional golfer a huge paycheck but Wong’s was for national pride. Narrowing the gap between Professional and Amateur golf is still not a simple task for amateurs to get into the major global tours. The trend for young players is moving towards professional golf. New in the APAC region is Pakistan where a women’s professional golf tour has been established in February 2025.



Korean women golfers continue to showcase their dominance with their stellar scores on global tours. Displaying their superiority in the amateur and professional ranks of the game, their multilayered professional golf tours are highly competitive. This is evident from the number of female golfers that Korea nurtures.

The winner of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Women’s prestigious event receives an exemption invitation to several women’s professional tournaments including three majors, besides other big-mone- events in the Asia Pacific region. The invitation of Amateurs to these majors is a huge impetus to their careers giving them an opportunity in a sustainable career.

Women’s professional golf in the APAC region is putting in alot more funding for the young amateurs who are looking to sustain a livelihood from the sport. The numbers from the top countries like Korea and Japan have multi-layered Professional tours with numbers increasing rapidly. Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and India are amongst the countries trying to give professional women golfers a career from regional and homegrown smaller tours.

Reports suggest that there is a strong pitch amongst global elite tours to amalgamate and stage a world tour for female professional golfers. Players from the APAC region will be at a disadvantage with the number of LPGA and LET players likely to be in dominant on such a tour.

Three of India’s women professional golfers have broken into the top 200 places of the Rolex World Ranking last week, which augurs well. Diksha Dagars’ playoff for winner spot at LET’s Lalla Maryam Cup was yet a feather on WGAI’s homegrown players.

On the home front, Women’s International Day was celebrated with a million Indian Rupees raised through a consortium of corporates led by Amazon for a player's welfare Pro-Am on 8th March. WGAI player Sneha Singh became the first Queen’s Golf Event winner.

Vani Kapoor’s hattrick back to back wins on Hero Women’s Golf Tour put her in the pole position of the Hero Order of Merit ranking close on her heels is Sneha Singh the talented youngster from Hyderabad.

Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour’s 6th leg at DLF Golf & Country Club is the ultimate test for the players. HWPGT players had an opportunity to play on India’s iconic Gary Player course before the USD 2.25 million Hero Indian Open 2025 later this month. March is India’s best month for our golfing divas after the severe winter, with good cheer and happy hearts.

Champika Sayal
February 2025