Mukesh Kumar (golfer)

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 Kumar
Personal information
Born (1965-08-01) 1 August 1965
Mhow, India
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight159 lb (72 kg; 11.4 st)
Nationality India
Career
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins100+
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
Achievements and awards
PGTI
Order of Merit winner		2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2007/2008

Professional career

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.

In December 2016 at age 51, Kumar won his first Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India.

Professional wins (100+)

this list is incomplete

Asian Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 4 Dec 2016 Panasonic Open India −11 (67-69-70=206) 2 strokes Rashid Khan, Jyoti Randhawa

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (20)
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 Rahul Ganapathy
2 6 Jan 2008 Tata Open −10 (69-68-67-68=272) 3 strokes Harendra P. Gupta
3 30 Mar 2008 The Centurion Bank of Punjab Open −14 (67-69-68-70=274) Playoff Gaganjeet Bhullar
4 30 Aug 2008 Tamil Nadu Open Golf Championship −21 (67-63-64-65=259) 11 strokes Sanjay Kumar
5 13 Feb 2009 Solaris Chemtech Open −16 (68-70-67-67=272) 5 strokes Rahil Gangjee
6 16 May 2009 DDA Open Golf Championship −12 (69-67-65-67=268) Playoff Vijay Kumar
7 22 Aug 2009 Tamil Nadu Open −13 (65-65-66-71=267) 2 strokes Vijay Kumar
8 25 Oct 2009 Indianoil Xtrapremium Masters Golf −18 (68-66-71-65=270) 7 strokes Shamim Khan, Feroz Ali Mollah
9 5 Feb 2010 Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) −12 (65-69-66-68=268) 6 strokes Manav Jaini
10 25 Jun 2010 Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Poona) −5 (73-71-68-67=279) Playoff Rahil Gangjee
11 3 Sep 2010 PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) −8 (70-67-70-73=280) 1 stroke Harendra Gupta, Gaurav Pratap Singh
12 7 Nov 2010 LG Race to Ireland −9 (69-66=135) 2 strokes Manav Jaini
13 29 Sep 2012 Indianoil Xtrapremium Masters Golf −11 (67-69-66-71=273) 2 strokes Harendra Gupta
14 10 Nov 2012 PGTI Players Championship (Poona) −15 (68-67-66-68=269) 6 strokes Kapil Kumar
15 22 Feb 2013 PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) −13 (67-67-75-66=275) 4 strokes Ashbeer Saini
16 7 Mar 2015 PGTI Cochin Masters −14 (71-71-66-66=274) 2 strokes Rahil Gangjee, Shubhankar Sharma
17 20 Dec 2015 Tata Open −15 (70-65-67-67=269) Playoff Vinod Kumar, Amardip Sinh Malik
18 14 Oct 2016 Chennai Open Golf Championship −20 (61-68-65-66=260) 11 strokes Honey Baisoya
19 15 Apr 2017 PGTI Cochin Masters −12 (70-68-71-67=276) 1 stroke Anura Rohana
20 10 May 2019 Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) −15 (70-67-71-65=273) 1 stroke Angad Cheema

AMBI Valley PGAI Tour wins (5)
  • 2004 Hyundai-TNGF Open, Indian Oil Servo Masters
  • 2005 Eastern Open, Airtel Open, PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship

Other wins
  • 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
  • 2008 Tata Open

References
  1. Mukesh wins Solaris Chemtech Open
  2. DDA open golf Championship from today
  3. Mukesh Kumar fires steady 71 to win PGTI – 125th Year Madras Gymkhana Club Tamil Nadu Open 2009
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