She takes her stance on the golf course, and then goes on it hit a hole-in-one. And no, it does not happen as frequently as she would like it to, but Sharmila Nicollet is aiming for the stars and hopes to conquer the greens with her strokes and accuracy in 2014. The young golfer who travels the world playing might have hit a low with injuries in 2013, but her feisty spirit is ready for tours in India, Europe and Asia in 2014.
Her fitness regime is now her top priority, “My routine is about working out every day. It’s tough to get a good gym everywhere so I carry a thera band, that helps me. Six times a week is my goal. I was in Dubai recently, and it was my first time there. I found the golf courses beautiful,” says Sharmila.
While on the course, she is a vision of concentration and focus. In life too, Sharmila is a straight shooter. “I am blunt and say what I feel. I feel honesty is the best way forward. I am also fun-loving and energetic.”
There is a bit of a wild streak in her too, “I have a great sense of adventure Water sports and cars are my favourites. I also love jet skiing, shark diving and bungee jumping, but not in India, somewhere abroad. I recently went shark diving in South Africa and it was a memorable experience. Anything that gets my adrenaline high is on my bucket list. My next is skydiving — I want to do it over Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, hopefully for the Olympics, I will be able to find time to do it,” says Sharmila, who started playing golf when she was just 12. She was also a state-level swimmer, played basketball and did a bit of horse-riding too. And the girl loves her machines too. She owns a modified Honda Civic and is now looking to change her car into an Audi.
But a little-known secret about the star is that she is also an amateur perfumer.
“My mom, Padmini, makes aggarbattis and manufactures chemicals. When I was younger, I used to make my own perfumes and experiment, though I don’t have the time now. I like sweet floral perfumes, and you need to invest a lot of time into perfuming, but sometime in the future I would love to start a line of perfumes,” she adds.
The gizmo girl loves new gadgets and gets a hold of all new Apple products and even loves photography, taking her Canon DSLR?everywhere. In fact, she has a plethora of hobbies that keep her busy.
“I love animals and when I play golf at the Karnataka Golf Association in Bengaluru, a few mutts always follow me around. At home, I have a fish, a german shepherd and a dalmation.”
Sharmila owes her success mostly to her mother, “My mom has been supportive — 100 percent. Being in an Indian mindset where parents want children to study, my family has encouraged me to take up sports,” she adds.
Living with her mother and grandmother, Sharmila has serious plans for her future. “I am ambitious. I want to be a world number one someday,” she adds. The amateur lady golfer of the year in 2007, who got the Pride of Karnataka Award by Roundtable 2013 and the Sports Excellence Award by Rotary Club 2013, also hopes to play better. “Playing in Europe has taught me a lot as the courses are so different from India. I had to train harder, start yoga and avoid injuries. But I feel I haven’t played upto my full potential and I was also injured recently, so I had to sit out for five to six months, which is not easy at all. I just need to make many sacrifices to get where I want to be,” she says.
Meghna Bal registered her first amateur victory at the Western India Ladies Amateur tournament at the age of 15. The pretty Meghna Bal turned professional in 2011. 
Meghna Bal represented India at the 2006 Doha Asian Games, where she finished 11-under-par and finished in the top 10 in the four-day event. Talking about her Doha experience, Meghna was quoted as saying, “I fed off the energy of the players I saw in Doha. It was an experience to see some of the players you admire doing what they do best with such focus.”Delhi-based Meghna Bal finished third at the DLF Women’s Indian Open, 2007, an event on the Asian Tour calendar, while she was still an amateur.Anisha Padukone, daughter of badminton great Prakash Padukone and younger sister to Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, is an upcoming golfer. She chose golfer rather than badminton which her dad and popular sister has played. Anisha Padukone tried her hands in cricket, hockey, tennis and badminton. But it is golf that attracted her most. She started playing golf at the age of 12.Anisha Padukone holds the honours for the longest drive in the silver division in the first round of the Indian Golf Union categorised Madras Ladies Golf championship. In the recently concluded Usha Ladies Open Amateur golf championship, Aditi Ashok came just short of retaining her title, losing out to another young golfer Gurbani Singh. Aditi Ashok's first win created a record. By winning the bronze title at the 91st All India Ladies Amateur Golf Open Championship in 2008, she became the youngest at the age of nine years to achieve this title. Ankita Tiwana was adjudged the Women’s Golf Association of India 'Rookie of the Year' for 2011-12. She turned pro in 2011. Royal Calcutta Golf Club is her favourite course. Ankita had a third-place finish in the 10th leg of the Hero women’s professional golf championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club. Ankita finished sixth on the season-ending money list to bag the WGAI honour.Ankita is a Delhi-based golfer. She is a die-hard fan of Tiger Woods and loves watching Rory McIlroy play golf and admires Smriti Mehra for her attitude. Other than golf, Ankita's interests include dancing, eating and playing. She was a 100m sprinter and intend to do Masters in the US where she can play golf in a lot of mini-tours. Gauri Monga was recently in news when she won the Usha IGU Southern India Ladies on June 12. Nalini Singh Siwach was the only woman golfer selected for 'Mission Olympics', an initiative of the Indian Army to hone talented sportspersons through training and funds.Nalini won in the gross category of the SAARC Championship, besides being part of the winning team, and was runner up at the Northern India Ladies and the Sri Lankan Amateur Championship.Nalini won three tournaments in Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour 2011-12. Nalini turned professional in 2007. She has been one of the upcoming female golfers in the country. Neha Tripathi turned pro in September 2009. She was the winner of KGA Leg held in Bangalore in Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour 2011-12. She participated in Women’s Indian Open 2011 and ended up at tied 49th place. Kolkata golfer Neha Tripathi played a superb final round to edge past overnight leader Vani Kapoor to seal another victory in the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013. This victory in the sixth leg is the third of the season for Neha and with this she overtakes Smriti Mehra in the Hero Order of Merit 2013. Shradhanjali Singh turned professional in 2010 when she finished fifth in the Women’s Golf Association of India Tour (12th Leg) in Mumbai. Shradhanjali was part of the Indian team for the biggest ladies’ amateur golf tourney in Asia-Pacific, the Queen Sirikit Tournament in Australia (2006) and Japan (2010), and also found an edge in her golfing career during her stay in the United States as a college undergrad.Shradhanjali is India’s 21st professional woman golfer and Jharkhand’s first. She wishes to compete in European and Asian circuits and dreams of playing in the prestigious Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. For Vani Kapoor, golf happened to her because of her father. She started playing golf in order to spend more time with her dad, who was an avid golfer, and soon she got hooked to the sport. Now, she says she can't imagine her life without golf. Vani won Southern India Open amateur Championship 2009 and 2010 and Noida Ladies Open Amateur Championship 2009, among her many achievements. She finished top in the Order of Merit in the 2009/2010.Vani also played in international events such as the Queen Sirikit Cup 2009 and 2010 at Bali and New Zealand, and World Juniors Golf Championship 2009 at Jarkarta. Vani was quoted as saying, "I have achieved this in short span of time, so being amongst the top women golfers in the country means a lot."How can we not include the beautiful Indian golfer Sharmila Nicollet in this list. Sharmila stands out not just as one of the leading Indian golfers but also as one of the beauties to watch out for in the golf course. Sharmila turned professional in 2009 when she was just 18 years old and since then there has been no looking back for her. Sharmila Nicollet has too many firsts' to her name. She is the youngest Indian golfer to qualify for European Tour. She is the second Indian to earn a full card on the Ladies European Tour. She has represented India at the Asian Games at Doha 2006 and in Asia Pacific Junior Golf Tournament, played at the Callaway World Junior Amateur Championship in San Diego. She recently participated in the qualifying round of European professional golf and is on the right track to break into the big league. She is bold, beautiful and never misses to make a style statement of her own while on a golf course. The shutter bugs love clicking her and she enjoys the attention too. 
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