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Kiran Matharu

 
Golf Club Cookridge Hall Golf Club
Nationality: British
DOB 27/02/89
Height 5 ft 7 “
Place of Residence Leeds
Marital Status Single
 
Honours
2007

- First full year on The Ladies European Tour
- Won the Volvo Cross Country Challenge Northern Ireland
- Ladies Open placed 13=
- S4/C Wales Ladies Championship placed 10=
- Finnair Masters placed 4=
- Nykredit Masters placed 2=
- EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters placed 28=

2006

- Selected for the Great Britian & Ireland Squad for the Curtis Cup Team
  (youngest squad member)
- Won the Junior Female Sports Personality of the Year at the Sony Sports
  Awards
- Won Sportswoman of the Year at the Leeds Sports Awards
- Selected to Represent England in the European Under 21 Team
  Championships in Holland
- Selected to Represent Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup to play
  against Amarica at Bandon Dunes GC, Oregon (Youngest player out of both
  teams)

2005

- Represented Yorkshire Ladies 1st team to help win the English County Finals
- Played for England to help win the Girls Home Internationals
- Represented England in the European Girls Team Championships and won
  the gold medal
- Represented England in the ladies Home Internationals and helped win the
  cup

2004

- Represented Yorkshire Ladies 1st team to help win the English County Finals
- Played for England to help win the Girls Home Internationals
- Represented England in the European Girls Team Championships
- Represented England in the European Masters

2003

- The youngest player to represent the Yorkshire Ladies 1st team
- The youngest player ever to play for England in the Girls Home
  Internationals winning all of my five matches - and we won!
- Selected to represent England in the European Young Masters U16

Golfing Achievements
 
2006

- Runner up in the Faldo International Trophy in Hong Kong
- Winner of the English Ladies Amateur Championship which is
  one of the Major Championships (youngest winner)
- Selected & played curtis cup
- Finish 15th in First Professional Event

2005

- Selected for England U21 Elite Squad
- Selected by Nick Faldo to play in Hong Kong
- Nominated for the U18 Girls Sports Performer of the Year Award
  in the SONY Entertainment Television Sports Awards
- Won the Formby Leveret Trophy
- Won the Faldo Series Final for the second year by 6 shots
- Runner-up in the Doral Publix Junior Championship in Miami
- Runner-up in the Orange Bowl World Championships in Miami
- Lowest handicapped golfer in Great Britian & Ireland at +3.4

2004

- Handicap +2
- No.1 qualifier for the Daily Telegraph Junior Championship held
  in Sun City with a score of 5 under, but I couldn't make the
  finals because it clashed with the bigger event, the Faldo
  Finals.
- Won the Faldo Finals by a record 11 shots with a total of -4
- Qualified 14th in the pre-qualifier of the Weetabix British Open
  (professional event)
- Runner-up in the Doral Publix Championship (world U15
  Championship held in Miami)
- Finished 11th in the Junior Orange Bowl U19 World
  Championships

2003

- Handicap 1
- Selected for the English U18 Elite Squad
- Won the Yorkshire Girls U18 Championship
- Won the North of England U16, U18 Girls Championship
- Won the Weetabix National U14 Championship
- Won the U18 St. Rule Trophy at St. Andrews
- Won the English U18 Order of Merit - making me No. 1 player
  in England

2002

- Handicap 6
- Selected for the English U16 Elite Squad

2001

- Handicap 12
- Invited to receive coaching by the English Ladies Golf  
  Association

2000

- Started playing golf at 11yrs old
- Handicap 38
- Selected to play for Yorkshire Girls U16 and won my first match
- Captained Yorkshire later in the year