Kiran Matharu (born 27 February 1989) is a female English professional golfer currently playing on the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Matharu was a member of the Faldo Series development programme and 2004 and 2005 Faldo Series Girls' Champion. She received an invite to play in her first Ladies European Tour tournament at the 2005

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, the year she was Welsh Ladies' Strokeplay Championship runner-up. 2006 saw her represent Great Britain and Ireland in the

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after winning the

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. She was named Sony Entertainment Asia 2006 Female Junior Sports Personality of the Year for the second successive year.

Professional career

Matharu turned professional in August 2006 after winning the English Ladies Amateur title and finished 15th in her first professional tournament. Her application to play in the 2006

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was denied by

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, the new commissioner, but Matharu finished tied 3rd at the 2006 Ladies European Tour qualifying school to earn exempt status for the 2007 season. At age 18 in 2007, she was able to participate in LPGA qualifying school without special approval. She missed the cut after the fourth round in the final qualifying tournament and did not receive LPGA membership for 2008. Matharu was 18 years old when she won a

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car in the 2007 Volvo Cross Country Challenge; she was unable to drive at that time. She clinched the win in her first season on the LET after finishing tied-fourth at Finnair Masters, 28th at

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and tied-second-place at the Nykredit Masters.Kiran Matharu wins the Volvo Challenge
, 9 September 2007

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2006

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matharu, Kiran English female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Leeds Golfers from Yorkshire 1989 births Living people