Mukesh Kumar (golfer)

Mukesh Kumar
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1965-08-01) 1 August 1965
Mhow, India
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11.4 st)
Nationality  India
Career
Turned professional 1987
Current tour(s) Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins 100+
Achievements and awards
PGTI
Order of Merit winner
2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2007/2008

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.

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.[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.

Kumar won his first event of 2010 at the Aircel PGTI Players Championship in February.

Professional wins (100+)

this list is incomplete

AMBI Valley PGAI Tour wins (5)

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (16)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 18 Nov 2007 IOC Xtrapremium Masters −8 (69-73-68-70=280) 2 strokes India Rahul Ganapathy
2 6 Jan 2008 Tata Open −10 (69-68-67-68=272) 3 strokes India Harendra P. Gupta
3 30 Mar 2008 The Centurion Bank of Punjab Open −14 (67-69-68-70=274) Playoff India Gaganjeet Bhullar
4 30 Aug 2008 Tamil Nadu Open Golf Championship −21 (67-63-64-65=259) 11 strokes India Sanjay Kumar
5 13 Feb 2009 Solaris Chemtech Open −16 (68-70-67-67=272) 5 strokes India Rahil Gangjee
6 16 May 2009 DDA Open Golf Championship −12 (69-67-65-67=268) Playoff India Vijay Kumar
7 22 Aug 2009 Tamil Nadu Open −13 (65-65-66-71=267) 2 strokes India Vijay Kumar
8 25 Oct 2009 Indianoil Xtrapremium Masters Golf −18 (68-66-71-65=270) 7 strokes India Shamim Khan, India Feroz Ali Mollah
9 5 Feb 2010 Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) −12 (65-69-66-68=268) 6 strokes India Manav Jaini
10 25 Jun 2010 Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Poona) −5 (73-71-68-67=279) Playoff India Rahil Gangjee
11 3 Sep 2010 PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) −8 (70-67-70-73=280) 1 stroke India Harendra Gupta, India Gaurav Pratap Singh
12 7 Nov 2010 LG Race to Ireland −9 (69-66=135) 2 strokes India Manav Jaini
13 29 Sep 2012 Indianoil Xtrapremium Masters Golf −11 (67-69-66-71=273) 2 strokes India Harendra Gupta
14 10 Nov 2012 PGTI Players Championship (Poona) −15 (68-67-66-68=269) 6 strokes India Kapil Kumar
15 22 Feb 2013 PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) −13 (67-67-75-66=275) 4 strokes India Ashbeer Saini
16 7 Mar 2015 PGTI Cochin Masters −14 (71-71-66-66=274) 2 strokes India Rahil Gangjee, India Shubhankar Sharma

Other wins

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