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{{Short description|Indian professional golfer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name = Smriti Mehra
| image = 2010 Women's British Open - Smriti Mehra (3).jpg
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| caption = Mehra during 2010 Women's British Open
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| nickname = Simi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
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| college = [[University of Calcutta]]
| yearpro = 1994
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| dumaurier = T27: 1998
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'''Smriti "Simi" Mehra''' (born 21 May 1972) is the first woman from India to become a member of the world's leading golf tour for women, the U.S.-based [[LPGA Tour]]. She is recognized as "a pioneer and a pillar for women's golf in India."<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Women's Indian Open |title=Vani, Sharmila will join Aditi as Indian women's golf gains more attention |accessdate=20 February 2019 |url=http://www.womensindianopen.com/news2017/Vani-Sharmila-will-join-Aditi-as-Indian-womens-golf-gains-more-attention.php}}</ref> She was born in [[Kolkata]] and attended [[University of Calcutta]] before turning professional in 1994.

Mehra won once on the second tier [[Futures Tour]] in 1996 to win promotion to the main LPGA Tour, which she played from 1997–1999, and from 2001-2004. She underwent shoulder surgery in 2005 and played on the Futures Tour in 2006 in the hope of regaining her place at the top level.

In October 2005, Mehra played LPGA Tour golfers [[Heather Daly-Donofrio]], [[Hilary Lunke]] and [[Celeste Troche]] in the first Women's Professional [[Skins Game]] in India to demonstrate top level women's golf in her home country.

In 2012, Mehra was named the "Player of the Year" at the Hero-WGAI awards function. She was credited with being part of the team that stabilised the women's pro tour. She played in all 15 events and won seven of them.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Times of India |title=Smriti Mehra is Women's Professional Golf Player of the Year |date=11 April 2012 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/golf/top-stories/Smriti-Mehra-is-Womens-Professional-Golf-Player-of-the-Year/articleshow/12625097.cms}}</ref>

In addition to her own athletic accomplishments, Mehra impacted the golf world by co-founding the Women's Golf Association of India in order to offer Indian women golfers the opportunity to make golf a career.

==Personal==
Mehra learned to play golf at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, inspired by her mother, Billy, who had been a leading amateur golfer in Southeast Asia. Mehra spends her free time teaching disadvantaged children through the Golf Foundation of India.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Golf Digest |title=International Impact: Evian Masters wildcards Mariajo Uribe, Smriti Mehra, and Maria Verchenova all hail from different countries and are making their mark on the sport |date=23 July 2010 |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf-evian-0723}}</ref>

==Amateur wins==
*1993 Malaysian National Championship
*1994 Indian National Match Play Championship, Indian National Stroke Play Championship

==Professional wins==
===Futures Tour wins===
*1996 Green Mountain National FUTURES Golf Classic
*2004 Frye Classic, Hunters Oak FUTURES Golf Classic

===Other wins===
*2002 Malaysian Open

==Team appearances==
'''Professional'''
*[[Women's World Cup of Golf|World Cup]] (representing India): 2008

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

*{{FuturesTour former player|MehraSmriti}}
*[http://www.lpga.com/entertainment_content.aspx?pid=6129 LPGA.com article about Mehra and Indian golf]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehra, Smriti}}
[[Category:Indian female golfers]]
[[Category:LPGA Tour golfers]]
[[Category:Golfers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kolkata]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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