Meet Maria Verchenova, the 22-year Russian golfer, who is supposed to be the Anna Kournikova of women’s golf. The leggy golfer seems to be adding glamor in golf by wearing short skirts and revealing outfits on tour. She has the talent and model like looks – 5 feet and 8 inches tall, brunette and toned figure! Check her pictures –

Clearly, she likes the attention, saying: ‘I always like to bring something extra special to the golf course, so if I’m wearing sexier, more stylish stuff – like a shorter skirt or a nice tennis-style dress – and people notice then great.’

Coming from a poor Moscow family, Verchenova’s ascension into top-flight women’s golf has been remarkable.

Russia had three golf courses before 2006, only one with 18 holes, and all three the reserve of the affluent elite.

She said: ‘My dad took me to the Czech Republic when I was 12 and we went for a coffee at a golf club

‘The next day we went back and I tried hitting a few balls with a local coach. He said I had a talent for the game and I should play. When I got back we went to Moscow City Golf Club and that’s how I started.

Role models: Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova have blended sport and modelling commitments, and Verchenova hopes to do the same

‘I didn’t even know what golf was when I was young because my family was poor and everybody in Russia is focused on tennis. But thanks to my parents I was given a chance.’

[Daily Mail]



She has already done photo-shoots for men’s magazine Maxim and Sports Illustrated.

Now this sounds like a great reason to watch women’s golf!