Mukesh Kumar (born 1 August 1965) is a professional golfer from India who currently plays on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI). He has won six Order of Merit titles on the PGTI and on earlier Indian tours. In terms of professional wins he is one of India's most successful golfers. He won his first Asian Tour event in 2016 at the Panasonic Open India.
Kumar has an illustrious career with over 100 professional wins and was the Indian Champion Golfer of the Year for 2000/2001. In 2004/2005 Kumar had 19 top-10s in 22 starts with 5 wins and 5 runners-up on the AMBI PGAI Tour.
After a 15-year career with 87 career titles, Kumar won his first event at the highly regarded Delhi Golf Club in those 15 years at the PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship with a three stroke win over Shiv Chawrasia and Digvijay Singh. It was his second win of 2005 to go along with his win in January at the Eastern Open and 3rd win on the AMBI PGAI Tour.
In his 2002/2003 season on the Hero Honda PGA Tour he had 11 wins, the most by anyone in that Tours history.
Kumar won his 100th professional event at the 2008 Tata Open.
Kumar's best year on the PGTI was in the 2007/2008 season, where he had four wins, 11 top-10s and his 6th Order of Merit title in India. He added a 5th career PGTI Tour win at the Solaris Chemtech Open in February 2005.[1] His 6th win came in May at the DDA Golf Open.[2] The win took him to the top spot on the Order of Merit. He is the career earnings leader on the PGTI. His 7th win came at the Tamil Nadu Open in August.[3] He won the Indianoil Xtra Premium Golf Masters in October for his 8th PGTI win, taking him to second on the Order of Merit, behind Gaganjeet Bhullar.
*Note: The 2016 Panasonic Open India was shortened to 54 holes due to weather. 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
PGA of India Tour wins (5)edit
2004 Hyundai-TNGF Open, Indian Oil Servo Masters
2005 Eastern Open, Airtel Open, PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship
Other wins (25)edit
1997 BPGC-ANZ Grindlays Golf Championship
1998 BPGC-ANZ Grindlays Golf Championship
2001 Leela-BGC Open, BPGC Open, TNGF Open, Sher-e-Kashmir Open
2002 Padampat Singhania Open, Royal Challenge Grand Prix, DHL Challenge, Tata Open, Bangladesh Open, Hyundai Open, Forest Hill Golf Open, Cotton City Open
2003 Royal Challenge Grand Prix, DHL Pro-Am, DHL Challenge, HT Proi Golf
2004 Hyundai TNGF Open
2005 Hyundai TNGF Open, Hero Honda Open East, Vipul Indian Masters
2006 Hero Golf Chandigarh Open, ONGC Noida Open
2007 BILT Open Pro-Am
Referencesedit
^"Mukesh wins Solaris Chemtech Open". from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
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Mukesh Kumar born 1 August 1965 is a professional golfer from India who currently plays on the Professional Golf Tour of India PGTI He has won six Order of Merit titles on the PGTI and on earlier Indian tours In terms of professional wins he is one of India s most successful golfers He won his first Asian Tour event in 2016 at the Panasonic Open India Mukesh KumarPersonal informationBorn 1965 08 01 1 August 1965 age 58 Mhow Madhya Pradesh IndiaHeight6 ft 1 in 1 85 m Weight159 lb 72 kg 11 4 st Sporting nationality IndiaCareerTurned professional1987Current tour s Professional Golf Tour of IndiaProfessional wins51Number of wins by tourAsian Tour1Other50Achievements and awardsPGA of India TourOrder of Merit winner2000 01 2001 02 2002 03 2004 05 2005 06Professional Golf Tour of IndiaOrder of Merit winner2007 08 Contents 1 Professional career 2 Professional wins 51 2 1 Asian Tour wins 1 2 2 Professional Golf Tour of India wins 21 2 3 PGA of India Tour wins 5 2 4 Other wins 25 3 References 4 External linksProfessional career editKumar has an illustrious career with over 100 professional wins and was the Indian Champion Golfer of the Year for 2000 2001 In 2004 2005 Kumar had 19 top 10s in 22 starts with 5 wins and 5 runners up on the AMBI PGAI Tour After a 15 year career with 87 career titles Kumar won his first event at the highly regarded Delhi Golf Club in those 15 years at the PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship with a three stroke win over Shiv Chawrasia and Digvijay Singh It was his second win of 2005 to go along with his win in January at the Eastern Open and 3rd win on the AMBI PGAI Tour In his 2002 2003 season on the Hero Honda PGA Tour he had 11 wins the most by anyone in that Tours history Kumar won his 100th professional event at the 2008 Tata Open Kumar s best year on the PGTI was in the 2007 2008 season where he had four wins 11 top 10s and his 6th Order of Merit title in India He added a 5th career PGTI Tour win at the Solaris Chemtech Open in February 2005 1 His 6th win came in May at the DDA Golf Open 2 The win took him to the top spot on the Order of Merit He is the career earnings leader on the PGTI His 7th win came at the Tamil Nadu Open in August 3 He won the Indianoil Xtra Premium Golf Masters in October for his 8th PGTI win taking him to second on the Order of Merit behind Gaganjeet Bhullar In December 2016 at age 51 Kumar won his first Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India Professional wins 51 editAsian Tour wins 1 edit No Date Tournament Winning score Margin ofvictory Runners up 1 4 Dec 2016 Panasonic Open India1 11 67 69 70 206 2 strokes nbsp Rashid Khan nbsp Jyoti Randhawa Note The 2016 Panasonic Open India was shortened to 54 holes due to weather 1Co sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India Professional Golf Tour of India wins 21 edit No Date Tournament Winning score Margin ofvictory Runner s up 1 18 Nov 2007 IOC XtraPremium Masters Golf 8 69 73 68 70 280 2 strokes nbsp Rahul Ganapathy 2 6 Jan 2008 Tata Open 10 69 68 67 68 272 3 strokes nbsp Harendra Gupta 3 30 Mar 2008 Centurion Bank of Punjab Open Golf Championship 14 67 69 68 70 274 Playoff nbsp Gaganjeet Bhullar 4 30 Aug 2008 Tamil Nadu Open Golf Championship 21 67 63 64 65 259 11 strokes nbsp Sanjay Kumar 5 13 Feb 2009 Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship 16 68 70 67 67 272 5 strokes nbsp Rahil Gangjee 6 16 May 2009 DDA Open Golf Championship 12 69 67 65 67 268 Playoff nbsp Vijay Kumar 7 22 Aug 2009 Tamil Nadu Open 13 65 65 66 71 267 2 strokes nbsp Vijay Kumar 8 25 Oct 2009 IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf 2 18 68 66 71 65 270 7 strokes nbsp Shamim Khan nbsp Feroz Ali Mollah 9 5 Feb 2010 Aircel PGTI Players Championship Tollygunge 12 65 69 66 68 268 6 strokes nbsp Manav Jaini 10 25 Jun 2010 Aircel PGTI Players Championship Poona 5 73 71 68 67 279 Playoff nbsp Rahil Gangjee 11 3 Sep 2010 PGTI Players Championship Chandigarh 8 70 67 70 73 280 1 stroke nbsp Harendra Gupta nbsp Gaurav Pratap Singh 12 7 Nov 2010 LG Race to Ireland 9 69 66 135 2 strokes nbsp Manav Jaini 13 29 Sep 2012 IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf 3 11 67 69 66 71 273 2 strokes nbsp Harendra Gupta 14 10 Nov 2012 PGTI Players Championship Poona II 15 68 67 66 68 269 6 strokes nbsp Kapil Kumar 15 22 Feb 2013 PGTI Players Championship Chandigarh I 13 67 67 75 66 275 4 strokes nbsp Ashbeer Saini a 16 7 Mar 2015 Cochin Masters 14 71 71 66 66 274 2 strokes nbsp Rahil Gangjee nbsp Shubhankar Sharma 17 20 Dec 2015 Tata Open 2 15 70 65 67 67 269 Playoff nbsp Vinod Kumar nbsp Amardeep Malik 18 14 Oct 2016 Chennai Open Golf Championship 20 61 68 65 66 260 11 strokes nbsp Honey Baisoya 19 4 Dec 2016 Panasonic Open India1 11 67 69 70 206 2 strokes nbsp Rashid Khan nbsp Jyoti Randhawa 20 15 Apr 2017 Cochin Masters 12 70 68 71 67 276 1 stroke nbsp Anura Rohana 21 10 May 2019 Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship Panchkula 15 70 67 71 65 273 1 stroke nbsp Angad Cheema Note The 2016 Panasonic Open India was shortened to 54 holes due to weather 1Co sanctioned by the Asian Tour PGA of India Tour wins 5 edit 2004 Hyundai TNGF Open Indian Oil Servo Masters 2005 Eastern Open Airtel Open PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship Other wins 25 edit 1997 BPGC ANZ Grindlays Golf Championship 1998 BPGC ANZ Grindlays Golf Championship 2001 Leela BGC Open BPGC Open TNGF Open Sher e Kashmir Open 2002 Padampat Singhania Open Royal Challenge Grand Prix DHL Challenge Tata Open Bangladesh Open Hyundai Open Forest Hill Golf Open Cotton City Open 2003 Royal Challenge Grand Prix DHL Pro Am DHL Challenge HT Proi Golf 2004 Hyundai TNGF Open 2005 Hyundai TNGF Open Hero Honda Open East Vipul Indian Masters 2006 Hero Golf Chandigarh Open ONGC Noida Open 2007 BILT Open Pro AmReferences edit Mukesh wins Solaris Chemtech Open Archived from the original on 6 October 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2009 DDA open golf Championship from today MUKESH KUMAR Archived from the original on 4 January 2023 Retrieved 4 January 2023 External links editProfile on Professional Golf Tour of India s official site Mukesh Kumar at the Official World Golf Ranking official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mukesh Kumar golfer amp oldid 1216339540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
