Lara Bakhour during her victory on May 29, 2025, at the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland, during the Under-18 European Championship. (Photo provided by Shadi Bakhour)
"We're not used to doing interviews, but we'll do our best!" Shadi Bakhour appologized over the phone, with his daughter Lara by his side from the United Kingdom, where she just won the European Under-18 Golf Championship. Still on cloud nine after her victory the previous day at the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland, the 15-year-old athlete said she was "happy to have won this European tournament and honored to represent Lebanon." Described as "incredible" by Karim Salam, the president of the Lebanese Golf Federation, this success, according to him, was the result "of a lot of effort, long hours of training, numerous trips, and total dedication from Lara and her parents." It is the second time Lebanese women's golf has ranked at the global level, following Vanessa Richani in...
"We're not used to doing interviews, but we'll do our best!" Shadi Bakhour appologized over the phone, with his daughter Lara by his side from the United Kingdom, where she just won the European Under-18 Golf Championship. Still on cloud nine after her victory the previous day at the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland, the 15-year-old athlete said she was "happy to have won this European tournament and honored to represent Lebanon." Described as "incredible" by Karim Salam, the president of the Lebanese Golf Federation, this success, according to him, was the result "of a lot of effort, long hours of training, numerous trips, and total dedication from Lara and her parents." It is the second time Lebanese women's golf has ranked at the global level, following Vanessa Richani in...