girls junior pga championship among other feats but it is her run at the 2021 us open where the highschooler nearly pulled of the improbable feat of nicking the title from pros that has electrified the golf world megha ganne will be known as more than low amateur at the 2021 us open at olympic club the 17yearold became a new idol to hundreds young girls this week golf channel said in a glowing review as the indianamerican teen charmed the media and fans predicting that her future looks bright not only in golf but how she will impact the game as a person cbs sports kyle porter gushed about the swing the energy and the smile that could run a country as he marveled at how the 17yearold amateur went toetotoe with the worlds best at an age of innocenceone unburdened by the heaviness of lifean age free of the barnacles everyone collects as the years start stacking upthere is much ahead for her the us amateur a senior year and a team at stanford that will certainly contend for national championships who knows after that she may win five of these in the future but even twice that many major championships cannot match the joy of contending in one when youre 17 when youre old enough to know whats happening but not old enough to understand too much porter wrote comparing her journey to that of phil mickelson as for megha she was back in the classroom at the holmdel high school in new jersey cracking calculus