Sharmila Nicollet (Born on March 12, 1991 in Bangalore) is one of the most an Indo French professional woman golfers in India. Sharmila Nicollet took up the game of golf in 2002 at the age of 11 years she was referred to as 'too playful' to pursue the game seriously. She won her first tournament at the age of 15.
Sharmila is a former national sub-junior swimming champ with over 72 gold and silver medals won in state and national aquatic meets (1997 to 2001). She was also a state level athlete. She is the youngest Indian golfer to qualify for Ladies European Tour and second Indian to earn a full card on the Ladies European Tour.
Sharmila has finished a whopping 14- shots at the end of the 2010-11 Hero Honda Women’s Professional Golf Tour of India on 6th August,2010. Last season she was twice the winner of this event. For now she won the first event of the season and set herself up, to retain the Order of Merit she won in the previous season.
Sharmila was the youngest Lady Golfer to win the All India Amateur Championship in 2007-2008, along with 7 Open Amateur Tournaments. She has represented India in Asia Pacific Junior Golf Tournament played at the Callaway World Junior Amateur Championship in Sandiego - USA, the Queen Sirikit Cup at Japan, and other international tournaments.
Sharmila finished the top Indian golfer at T22, at the 2011 Hero Honda Women's Indian Open, with the lowest score of the day in the final round. She has a total of 11 wins on the Women's Golf Association of India. She finally qualified with a full tour card for the Ladies European Tour in 2012, being the youngest Indian golfer to qualify. Sharmila was the champion of the Hero-KGA tournament in 2012 and the Hero-WPGT in 2015.
