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Chiragh Kumar
Chiragh Kumar is an Indian professional golfer. He came in the lime light of national and international level golf tournaments after joining in 2006 Asian Games.

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Chiragh Kumar, Indian Golf PlayerChiragh Kumar is an Indian golf player. He was born on 15th December 1983. Chiragh Kumar came in the national arena golf hemisphere after wining a silver medal in the year 2006, as an amateur golf player in 2006 Asian Games. Later in the same year Chiragh Kumar joined with the Professional Golf Tour of India.

Sports Career of Chiragh Kumar
In the year 2011, Chiragh Kumar won three times. There he was the leading money-winner on tour and was named tour player of the year. He made a good career graph in Hero Honda Indian Open, sponsored by Hero Honda. It is an Asian Golf Tournament. There Chiragh Kumar was the halfway leader and went on to finish second to David Gleeson in the tournament. His winnings from the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tournament saw him end the year as 21st on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, giving him a full tour card for the first time. Chiragh Kumar bagged four winnings in professional golf tournament and also having four winnings of Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) tournament. In the year 2010, Chiragh Kumar also won the LG Masters of PGTI (Tour Championship) and PGTI Players Championship. In the year 2011, he also won the BILT Open and in 2013, he won Sri Lanka Ports Authority Open.

Performance of Chiragh Kumar

Date Tournament Status Pos
29.01.14 to 01.02.14 2014 PGTI Ahmedabad Masters presented by Kalhaar Blues and Greens CUT 8
06.02.14 to 9.02.14 Standard Chartered Open 2014 CUT 5
12.02.14 to 15.02.14 PGTI - Eagleburg Open 2014 MC 0
26.02.14 to 01.03.14 SAIL-SBI Open 2014 CUT 0
2.04.14 to 5.04.14 PGTI Players Championship - Coimbatore Golf Club MC 0
9.04.14 to 12.04.14 PGTI Cochin Masters presented by CIAL Golf and Country Club CUT 20
2.07.14 to 05.07.14 J&K Bank PGTI Pahalgam Masters MC
9.07.14 to 12.07.14 PGTI Kashmir Masters CUT 18
7.10.014 to 10.10.14 Bilt Open 2014 (Super Series Event) CUT 3


Order of Merit
Season Position Tournaments
2014 57 8
2013 52 12
2012 74 20
2011 21 12
2008 133 3


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