Ashok Kumar | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | India | 20 July 1983||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||
Sporting nationality | India | ||||
Residence | Delhi, India | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 2002 | ||||
Current tour(s) | Professional Golf Tour of India | ||||
Professional wins | 18 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Ashok Kumar (born 20 July 1983) is a professional golfer from India, currently playing on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he was the 2003/04 and the 2006/07 Order of Merit winner.
In 2004, he won the Hero Honda Golf Tour Order of Merit for the 2003/04 season. He won it again in 2006/07 and in 2010 under the name of the PGTI after recording 5 wins in 8 events played, where he finished in the top-10 in all 8 of them.
Kumar played in 12 events in 2008, but did not record a win, finishing in the top-10 8 times.
Kumar added another win in 2009 in April at the All India Match Play Championship.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 3 Feb 2007 | IndianOil XtraPremium Masters | −14 (68-67-71-68=274) | 6 strokes | Vikrant Chopra, Shamim Khan |
2 | 25 Feb 2007 | Solaris Global Green Open | −14 (64-70-68-64=266) | 1 stroke | Shiv Chawrasia |
3 | 17 Mar 2007 | SRF All India Matchplay Championship | 4 and 3 | S. Madaiah | |
4 | 6 May 2007 | CG Open | −19 (67-64-64-66=261) | 7 strokes | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
5 | 17 Jun 2007 | Color Plus Open | −18 (66-68-67-69=270) | 2 strokes | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
6 | 4 Apr 2009 | SRF All India Matchplay Championship (2) | 5 and 4 | Rahul Ganapathy | |
7 | 19 Dec 2009 | PGTI Tour Championship | −15 (65-69-70-69=273) | 1 stroke | Shamim Khan |
8 | 19 Sep 2010 | DLF Masters | −16 (70-65-65=200) | 8 strokes | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
9 | 9 Oct 2010 | Global Green Bangalore Open | −10 (70-71-67-70=278) | 3 strokes | Himmat Rai |
10 | 21 Nov 2010 | Tata Open | −16 (59-65-66-70=260) | 6 strokes | Vijay Kumar |
11 | 27 Nov 2010 | DDA Open Golf Championship | −20 (63-68-67-62=260) | 10 strokes | Sujjan Singh |
12 | 5 Dec 2015 | CG Open (2) | −12 (69-69-62-68=268) | Playoff | M. Dharma |
13 | 7 Oct 2016 | PGTI Masters | −17 (68-67-70-66=271) | Playoff | Ajeetesh Sandhu |
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