Pratima Sherpa ( ne, प्रतिमा शेर्पा; born 27 November 1999) is the first ranked amateur female golfer from

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. She was born and raised in a maintenance shed behind the third hole of the Royal Nepal Golf Club in

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. Her parents still live on the grounds of the golf course, where her father Pasang Sherpa works as a security guard and mother Kalpana Sherpa works as a maintenance worker. Sherpa entered her first tournament at age 11 and won 33 trophies over the next six years. After being profiled by the ''

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'' in 2016, she attracted international attention and was invited to meet golf legend

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. She subsequently moved to

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to train and attend

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, where she was named Women's Golfer of the Year in 2020. ''Forbes'' magazine included her in the 2020 edition of the '30 under 30' list of Asian personalities in entertainment and sports.

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