Nationality India Weight 72 kg Name Mukesh Kumar Professional wins 100 | Role Golfer Turned professional 1987 Height 1.85 m | |
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Born 1 August 1965 (age 58)
Mhow, India ( 1965-08-01 ) PGTI
Order of Merit winner 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2007/2008 Current tours Professional Golf Tour of India | ||
2016 panasonic open india rd 3 interview with mukesh kumar
Mukesh Kumar (born 1 August 1965) is a professional golfer from India who currently plays on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), where he has won the Order of Merit on six occasions on the PGTI and on previous Tour's before that.
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- 2016 panasonic open india rd 3 interview with mukesh kumar
- Golf in india mukesh kumar aims to fix putting
- Professional wins 100
- Asian Tour wins 1
- AMBI Valley PGAI Tour wins 5
- Other wins
- References
Kumar has an illustrious career with over 100 professional wins and was the Indian Champions 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. He is one of the most successful golfers to come out of India in professional wins and winning percentages.
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 S.S.P. Chowrasia 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, he most by anyone in that Tours history.
Kumar won his milestone 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 win in India. He added a 5th career PGTI Tour win at the Solaris Chemtech Open in February 2005. His 6th win came in May at the DDA Golf Open. 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. 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, he won his first Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India.
Golf in india mukesh kumar aims to fix putting
Professional wins (100+)
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