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.
Professional career Kumar has 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 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. His 6th win came in May at the DDA Golf Open.DDA open golf Championship from today 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, Kumar won his first Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India.
Professional wins (51) Asian Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up14 Dec 2016Panasonic Open India1−11 (67-69-70=206)2 strokes Rashid Khan, Jyoti Randhawa 1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional Golf Tour of India wins (21) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up118 Nov 2007IOC XtraPremium Masters Golf−8 (69-73-68-70=280)2 strokes Rahul Ganapathy26 Jan 2008Tata Open−10 (69-68-67-68=272)3 strokes Harendra Gupta330 Mar 2008Centurion Bank of Punjab Open Golf Championship−14 (67-69-68-70=274)Playoff Gaganjeet Bhullar430 Aug 2008Tamil Nadu Open Golf Championship−21 (67-63-64-65=259)11 strokes Sanjay Kumar513 Feb 2009Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship−16 (68-70-67-67=272)5 strokes Rahil Gangjee616 May 2009DDA Open Golf Championship−12 (69-67-65-67=268)Playoff Vijay Kumar722 Aug 2009Tamil Nadu Open−13 (65-65-66-71=267)2 strokes Vijay Kumar825 Oct 2009IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf (2)−18 (68-66-71-65=270)7 strokes Shamim Khan, Feroz Ali Mollah95 Feb 2010Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge)−12 (65-69-66-68=268)6 strokes Manav Jaini1025 Jun 2010Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Poona)−5 (73-71-68-67=279)Playoff Rahil Gangjee113 Sep 2010PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh)−8 (70-67-70-73=280)1 stroke Harendra Gupta, Gaurav Pratap Singh127 Nov 2010LG Race to Ireland−9 (69-66=135)2 strokes Manav Jaini1329 Sep 2012IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf (3)−11 (67-69-66-71=273)2 strokes Harendra Gupta1410 Nov 2012PGTI Players Championship (Poona II)−15 (68-67-66-68=269)6 strokes Kapil Kumar1522 Feb 2013PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh I)−13 (67-67-75-66=275)4 strokes Ashbeer Saini (a)167 Mar 2015Cochin Masters−14 (71-71-66-66=274)2 strokes Rahil Gangjee, Shubhankar Sharma1720 Dec 2015Tata Open (2)−15 (70-65-67-67=269)Playoff Vinod Kumar, Amardeep Malik1814 Oct 2016Chennai Open Golf Championship−20 (61-68-65-66=260)11 strokes Honey Baisoya194 Dec 2016Panasonic Open India1−11 (67-69-70=206)2 strokes Rashid Khan, Jyoti Randhawa2015 Apr 2017Cochin Masters−12 (70-68-71-67=276)1 stroke Anura Rohana2110 May 2019Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula)−15 (70-67-71-65=273)1 stroke Angad Cheema 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
PGA of India Tour wins (5) 2004 Hyundai-TNGF Open, Indian Oil Servo Masters 2005 Eastern Open, Airtel Open, PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship
Other wins (25) 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
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External links Profile on Professional Golf Tour of India's official site