Ashok Kumar (golfer)

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Ashok Kumar
Personal information
Born (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 (age 39)
India
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Residence Delhi, India
Career
Turned professional2002
Current tour(s) Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins18
Achievements and awards
PGA of India Tour
Order of Merit winner
1999, 2001, 2002, 2003–04
Professional Golf Tour of India
Order of Merit winner
2006–07, 2010

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.

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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.

Professional wins (18)

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (13)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
13 Feb 2007 IndianOil XtraPremium Masters−14 (68-67-71-68=274)6 strokes Flag of India.svg Vikrant Chopra, Flag of India.svg Shamim Khan
225 Feb 2007Solaris Global Green Open−14 (64-70-68-64=266)1 stroke Flag of India.svg Shiv Chawrasia
317 Mar 2007SRF All India Matchplay Championship4 and 3 Flag of India.svg S. Madaiah
46 May 2007CG Open−19 (67-64-64-66=261)7 strokes Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar
517 Jun 2007Color Plus Open−18 (66-68-67-69=270)2 strokes Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar
64 Apr 2009 SRF All India Matchplay Championship (2)5 and 4 Flag of India.svg Rahul Ganapathy
719 Dec 2009PGTI Tour Championship−15 (65-69-70-69=273)1 stroke Flag of India.svg Shamim Khan
819 Sep 2010 DLF Masters−16 (70-65-65=200)8 strokes Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar
99 Oct 2010Global Green Bangalore Open−10 (70-71-67-70=278)3 strokes Flag of India.svg Himmat Rai
1021 Nov 2010Tata Open−16 (59-65-66-70=260)6 strokes Flag of India.svg Vijay Kumar
1127 Nov 2010DDA Open Golf Championship−20 (63-68-67-62=260)10 strokes Flag of India.svg Sujjan Singh
125 Dec 2015 CG Open (2)−12 (69-69-62-68=268)Playoff Flag of India.svg M. Dharma
137 Oct 2016 PGTI Masters−17 (68-67-70-66=271)Playoff Flag of India.svg Ajeetesh Sandhu

Hero Honda Golf Tour wins (3)

Other wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur

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