An already heartwarming story got even better Tuesday for golfer Pratima Sherpa.
The aspiring golf pro from Nepal came to the United States this past weekend for the premiere of a film that chronicles how she learned to play the game despite the impoverished conditions her family faced in Kathmandu.
Her story, told in the film A Mountain to Climb, caught the attention of Tiger Woods, who invited her to a clinic he was hosting at Medalist Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla.
According to ESPN, Woods gave Sherpa, 18, a 30-minute private lesson before the clinic started.
Woods first learned of Sherpa's ambition to become the first professional female golfer from Nepal in a Golf Digest story. She said a letter he sent to the Royal Nepal Golf Club, where her family lives in a maintenance shed off the third hole, continues to inspire her to play well.
