Pratima Sherpa

Pratima Sherpa (Nepali: प्रतिमा शेर्पा; born 27 November 1999) is the first ranked amateur female golfer from Nepal.

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

[4] After being profiled by the Nepali Times in 2016, she attracted international attention and was invited to meet Tiger Woods.

[5] She subsequently moved to California to train and attend Santa Barbara City College, where she was named Women's Golfer of the Year in 2020.

[4] Forbes magazine included her in the 2020 edition of the '30 under 30' list of Asian personalities in entertainment and sports.