India, April 7 -- Gairat Kaur Kahlon wrote a significant piece of history for Indian golf when she became the first player from the country to qualify for the Drive Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club.

The nine-year-old from Mohali was among the thousands of junior golfers who took part in the 348 Local Qualifiers across the 50 states in America. She won her 7-9 age category, then won in one of the 62 Sub-Regional Qualifiers, before finally becoming one of only 10 players in her age group to showcase her skills at the most venerable golf courses in the world. That too during the week of the Masters.

On Sunday, she became only the second Indian woman to play at Augusta National (Avani Prashanth twice featured in the...